Comments on: NEJM Reviewer Leaked Avandia Study To Glaxo http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: BLD http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/#comment-125839 BLD Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:52:52 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/#comment-125839 Heathen! Haffner knows better than to do something like this! What in the world was he thinking? Or wasn't he thinking? Sounds like he became too "chummy" with one of his handlers. When will the academics (aka key opinion leaders or KOls) realize that they are simply putty in the hands of Big Pharma? They lose their integrity and then their reputation. Steven is just another case in a long line - he's not the first to have a major lapse in judgement and he certainly won't be the last. I hope that he's tenured. Then again, he brings so much money in for the university, he may not even be at risk. And don't let him kid you, he's been very, very, very well compensated for giving talks and being an "expert" in his field! It will be very interesting if he has to come clean on who's paid him how much and when. Bad decisions. Heathen! Haffner knows better than to do something like this! What in the world was he thinking? Or wasn’t he thinking? Sounds like he became too “chummy” with one of his handlers. When will the academics (aka key opinion leaders or KOls) realize that they are simply putty in the hands of Big Pharma? They lose their integrity and then their reputation. Steven is just another case in a long line - he’s not the first to have a major lapse in judgement and he certainly won’t be the last.

I hope that he’s tenured. Then again, he brings so much money in for the university, he may not even be at risk. And don’t let him kid you, he’s been very, very, very well compensated for giving talks and being an “expert” in his field! It will be very interesting if he has to come clean on who’s paid him how much and when. Bad decisions.

]]> By: B Martin, MD http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/#comment-125552 B Martin, MD Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:07:24 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/#comment-125552 It'd be interesting to know if Haffner was an NEJM peer reviewer for the RECORD article as well. It’d be interesting to know if Haffner was an NEJM peer reviewer for the RECORD article as well.

]]> By: Hank http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/#comment-123096 Hank Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:49:11 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/#comment-123096 Involuntary leaking.....? Ambien fugue state? Life is complicated. It's indeed possible he was just lonely. Perhaps hoping for a GSK teddy bear or something. Involuntary leaking…..? Ambien fugue state?

Life is complicated. It’s indeed possible he was just lonely. Perhaps hoping for a GSK teddy bear or something.

]]> By: Insider http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/#comment-122949 Insider Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:24:19 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/nejm-reviewer-leaked-avandia-study-to-glaxo/#comment-122949 Good to hear that Steve is not strapped for cash! I was planning a whip-round! LOL Good to hear that Steve is not strapped for cash!

I was planning a whip-round!

LOL

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