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Conflicts of interest
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APA ghostwriting/COI scandal simmers quietly
For folks who have had trouble keeping up, MIWatch.org’s Phyllis Vine has pieced together a particularly readable roundup of where…
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Drug-funded research group failed to disclose ties to makers of painkillers
In his latest conflict of interest investigation, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Fauber takes on a challenge that, even by…
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Carlat reviews Dollars for Docs, and the bleak picture it paints
Writing on KevinMD.com, psychiatrist and blogger Daniel Carlat reviews ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs database from the perspective of a medical…
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Australian journal says no to pharma ads
Emergency Medicine Australasia, an Australia-based medical journal, has declared that it will no longer accept paid advertisements from pharmaceutical companies.…
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Doctors tied to manufacturer report better outcomes, may influence spinal surgery
After using a FOIA request to obtain documents the Food and Drug Administration had labeled “confidential,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter…
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ProPublica finds academic physicians violating schools’ conflict rules
While journalists have been finding innovative ways to use ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs database, the database’s founders, Tracy Weber and…
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N.J. taxpayers pay tab on illegal steroids
Without further ado, here are links to the three parts of the enormous (both in length and import) “Strong at…
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Prolific antipsychotic prescribers have industry ties
California Watch’s Christina Jewett compares a list of that state’s top antipsychotic prescribers reimbursed by state Medicaid (obtained through Sen.…
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Ghostwritten textbook just ‘tip of the iceberg’
The New York Times‘ Duff Wilson has uncovered what he calls the first ghostwritten book. Published in 1999 under the…
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Blogger quits U.S. News, citing sponsored links
Critical questions about online sponsored content, and the relationship between editorial control and hyperlinking, continue to be raised. The firewall…