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Oct. 19, 2007
Conflicts of Interest
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| How deep are the ties between on-campus research and private companies? By creating public/private partnerships involving academic research, are university researchers risking scientific integrity? Each year, drug companies funnel thousands of dollars through college campuses. There's money for clinical research, or to pay a professor to speak at a meeting, even money to buy med students pizza and soda. But how does that money skew the science that's done on campus, or change the way patients are treated? Is there a conflict of interest? This hour we'll talk about the financial ties that bind academia and industry, and find out who's looking out for patients. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
Guests
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Daniel S. Greenberg
Science Journalist
Washington, DC -
Eric G. Campbell
Senior Scientist, Institute
for Health Policy
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Health Policy, MGH
Department of Medicine & Harvard
Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts -
David Korn
Senior Vice President
Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington, DC -
Marjorie Powell
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Washington, DC
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