Journal Sentinel: Faculty disclose outside payments
Some UW doctors get 6-figure sums from drug, medical firms
At least 11 doctors with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health received more than $50,000 from drug or medical device companies last year, including seven who pulled in six-figure amounts, according to records obtained by the Journal Sentinel.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Drug firms’ cash skews doctor classes
Company-funded UW courses often favor medicine, leave out side effects
Do your legs feel tingly? Do you suffer from mood swings before your period? Would you take a mind-altering drug to quit smoking?
If so, the pharmaceutical industry and the University of Wisconsin-Madison want to teach your doctor a lesson.
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Tagged Academics, Conflict-of-interests, Drug companies, medicine, Wisconsin
The New York Times: Drug Maker Told Studies Would Aid It, Papers Say
An influential Harvard child psychiatrist told the drug giant Johnson & Johnson that planned studies of its medicines in children would yield results benefiting the company, according to court documents dating over several years that the psychiatrist wants sealed.
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The psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Biederman, outlined plans to test Johnson & Johnson’s drugs in presentations to company executives. One slide referred to a proposed trial in preschool children of risperidone, an antipsychotic drug made by the drug company. The trial, the slide stated, “will support the safety and effectiveness of risperidone in this age group.”
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