Comments on: A University Clams Up Over A Conflict Of Interest http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Former pharma Marketing Exec http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-271447 Former pharma Marketing Exec Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:54:57 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-271447 Justice - Well stated AMEN! Justice - Well stated AMEN!

]]> By: Justice in Michigan http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-270358 Justice in Michigan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:40:32 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-270358 FME reminds me of the poignancy of the PPM song which is not entirely irrelevant. It is about growing up. Giving up fantasies. Engaging reality. A loss of magic; a gain in power (_real_ power) that goes with seasoned integrity. When we pretend that COIs have no impact, that disclosure is irrelevant, that science can be divorced from power - we are, indeed, still insisting we live in Honah Lee (which I apologize to PPM for spelling incorrectly). That said, may pirate ships lower their flags! FME reminds me of the poignancy of the PPM song which is not entirely irrelevant. It is about growing up. Giving up fantasies. Engaging reality. A loss of magic; a gain in power (_real_ power) that goes with seasoned integrity.

When we pretend that COIs have no impact, that disclosure is irrelevant, that science can be divorced from power - we are, indeed, still insisting we live in Honah Lee (which I apologize to PPM for spelling incorrectly).

That said, may pirate ships lower their flags!

]]> By: Former pharma Marketing Exec http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-270189 Former pharma Marketing Exec Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:21:53 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-270189 Puff gives us a piece of truth here (Peter, Paul and Mary claimed the same thing...) They do not verify what the clinicians state as their disclosures. I was appalled last summer when I was at a major conference and saw that the speaker had nothing to disclose, and of course he was a paid consultant for one of my clients... One can only ask - Will green scales fall like rain? All joking aside, if someone says they have no disclosures then they should be ready to hand in a current list of their current published works and any recent speaking engagements of any kind. It should be mandatory anyway. Likewise, I think it is not enough to provide disclosure, the same current list should always be provided. It should make someone stop and think a bit, and may even help "jog" the memory... Puff gives us a piece of truth here (Peter, Paul and Mary claimed the same thing…) They do not verify what the clinicians state as their disclosures.

I was appalled last summer when I was at a major conference and saw that the speaker had nothing to disclose, and of course he was a paid consultant for one of my clients…

One can only ask - Will green scales fall like rain?

All joking aside, if someone says they have no disclosures then they should be ready to hand in a current list of their current published works and any recent speaking engagements of any kind. It should be mandatory anyway.

Likewise, I think it is not enough to provide disclosure, the same current list should always be provided. It should make someone stop and think a bit, and may even help “jog” the memory…

]]> By: pg http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-270027 pg Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:07:50 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-270027 LOL to Ed, Insider and Justice :-) (And to Puff for describing persons with conflicts of interest as "highly principled researchers and clinicians") LOL to Ed, Insider and Justice :-)

(And to Puff for describing persons with conflicts of interest as “highly principled researchers and clinicians”)

]]> By: Justice in Michigan http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-270009 Justice in Michigan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:55:53 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-270009 Yeah...Ideally, he would have kept frolicking in the autumn mists of a land called Hanna-lee.... Yeah…Ideally, he would have kept frolicking in the autumn mists of a land called Hanna-lee….

]]> By: Insider http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-269864 Insider Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:43:07 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/a-university-clams-up-over-a-conflict-of-interest/#comment-269864 Is it true? Their PR person is called Puff! Puffery at its finest! Is it true?

Their PR person is called Puff!

Puffery at its finest!

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