4/09/2001 – Ghostwriting Articles for Medical Journals

April 5 (CBS) Amidst the billion-dollar competition to create the newest
blockbuster drug, there’s one thing worth more than all the ads money can
buy: a single positive mention in a respected medical journal. Doctors rely
so heavily on what’s printed in journals that a drug’s success or failure may
be directly affected.

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8/16/2000 – Research Hearings on Conflict of Interest

Marcia Angell, former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, wrote in an editorial this spring titled “Is Academic Medicine For Sale?” This article seems to confirm these suspicions. Hearings are scheduled next Tuesday in Washington, D.C. on this issue. Mark ———- Questioning Research Hearings on Keeping Conflict of Interest Out of…

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