Comments on: More Med Schools Show Pharma The Door http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/more-med-schools-give-pharma-the-bums-rush/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: eDrugSearch Blog » Blog Archive » PharmFree Scorecard yielding results http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/more-med-schools-give-pharma-the-bums-rush/#comment-14778 eDrugSearch Blog » Blog Archive » PharmFree Scorecard yielding results Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:46:33 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/more-med-schools-give-pharma-the-bums-rush/#comment-14778 [...] to Pharmalot, Now, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has drafted a get-tough policy that would [...] [...] to Pharmalot, Now, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has drafted a get-tough policy that would [...]

]]> By: Melody http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/more-med-schools-give-pharma-the-bums-rush/#comment-14705 Melody Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:55:50 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/more-med-schools-give-pharma-the-bums-rush/#comment-14705 I know of no correlation between the existence of these policies and the way a medical school teaches students about ethical standards,” I would suggest that Dean Prescott has his head planted firmly somewhere other than atop his shoulders. The recent Senate committee hearing, featuring Jerome Kassirer, Peter Lurie, Greg Rosenthal, and Sharon Treat disclosed much information that would indicate that not only does a problem exist, but that thought-leaders are aware of these problems. While it appears medical student associations are endeavoring to strike an ethical resolutions, those doctors/administrators who lead them, I fear, are unwilling to admit the existence of pharma's undue influence. Why? In this same Senate hearing, Senator McCaskill immediately addressed the erosion of ethics in universities and med schools SPECIFICALLY correlated to influence-peddling. When funding and perks may evaporate when ethical considerations are addressed, I expect there will be many who, like Prescott, "see no correlation." I know of no correlation between the existence of these policies and the way a medical school teaches students about ethical standards,”

I would suggest that Dean Prescott has his head planted firmly somewhere other than atop his shoulders. The recent Senate committee hearing, featuring Jerome Kassirer, Peter Lurie, Greg Rosenthal, and Sharon Treat disclosed much information that would indicate that not only does a problem exist, but that thought-leaders are aware of these problems. While it appears medical student associations are endeavoring to strike an ethical resolutions, those doctors/administrators who lead them, I fear, are unwilling to admit the existence of pharma’s undue influence. Why?

In this same Senate hearing, Senator McCaskill immediately addressed the erosion of ethics in universities and med schools SPECIFICALLY correlated to influence-peddling. When funding and perks may evaporate when ethical considerations are addressed, I expect there will be many who, like Prescott, “see no correlation.”

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