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Harvard is not the only school accused of having professors who are too cozy with major corporations. Columbia and Johns Hopkins University have also tightened rules for doctors dealing with companies.
Med Schools Faculty Come Under Scrutiny For Freebies, Ghostwriting
Seeded on Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:49 PM EDT
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And a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education reported the Senate Finance Committee's investigation into Steven M. Haffner, an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, and his relationship with GlaxoSmithKline. Allegedly, Haffner was cited as the lead author on a ghostwritten company paper on the controversial drug Avandia.
Seems to me that assisting in the promotion of a drug which is deemed to be dangerous by writing a puff piece for the manufacturer under the guise of an independent review or "study" is actionable in civil proceedings. If not the individual (which should be) CERTAINLY the institution or company he works for.
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