tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post7099541399256050582..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Logical Fallacies to Support Putting a Major Academic Medical Center into the Contract Research Organization BusinessRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-45467123328917741232011-10-23T12:13:23.825-04:002011-10-23T12:13:23.825-04:00Matt Holt,
You are right that this all began with...Matt Holt,<br /><br />You are right that this all began with the Bayh-Dole act in the early 1980s. But just because it's been going on for a while doesn't mean it is good for anyone (other than the well-connected insiders).<br /><br />Is there any evidence that all this lucrative "collaboration" has lead to to better drugs and devices? It has seriously deflected academic Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-11978356716505595302011-10-20T23:16:00.181-04:002011-10-20T23:16:00.181-04:00C'mon guys. This ship sailed 30 years ago when...C'mon guys. This ship sailed 30 years ago when Genentech was founded out of UCSF. The connection between academic research and biotech has been glued at the hip ever sense.<br /><br />The real question is why is UCSF building 3 specialist hospitals including a childresns in an area that already has plenty, in a micro-area that has 3 (yes one, two three) pediatricians for the entire quarter Matthew Holthttp://www.thehealthcareblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-17640621253250562392011-10-16T01:45:53.785-04:002011-10-16T01:45:53.785-04:00Organized crime - Corporate Health Care
Spuds - P...Organized crime - Corporate Health Care<br /><br />Spuds - PotatoesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-48029132979451335492011-10-15T18:07:05.269-04:002011-10-15T18:07:05.269-04:00As a friend likes to remind me the advantages of a...As a friend likes to remind me the advantages of a non-profit are no taxes, and no pesky shareholders. In this case we have the added advantage that student’s tuition and donor money pay for the physical plant and provided a never ending supply of workers at no cost in the form of students.<br /><br />Now about those profits, sorry fees. Well, first a bigger salary for the UCSF Chancellor and herAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-81907957533154302892011-10-15T16:02:23.559-04:002011-10-15T16:02:23.559-04:00email from (former) Dean Kessler:
Incredible. Yo...<i>email from (former) Dean Kessler:</i><br /><br />Incredible. You'd think you were reading about the mafia, not an AMC.<br /><br />-- SSInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-92127876458708613502011-10-15T11:12:57.778-04:002011-10-15T11:12:57.778-04:00She's still an advisor for Genentech? Was that...She's still an advisor for Genentech? Was that HER incubator? Certainly no COI here! She advocates/advises a company whose founder stole rDNA insulin discovery/ technology from UCSF, set up a fledgling company, created all sorts of litigation issues among UCSF, Genentech, City of Hope and Eli Lilly before finally selling the technology to Lilly? [BTW, Lilly went on to duopolistically control Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-36792122168377181562011-10-14T22:06:30.852-04:002011-10-14T22:06:30.852-04:00Disgusting.Disgusting.Afraidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-15820704093487514182011-10-14T21:11:21.693-04:002011-10-14T21:11:21.693-04:00She has been willingly bought.
Now I see why the...She has been willingly bought. <br /><br />Now I see why they ousted then UCSF Dean David Kessler, MD (former FDA Commissioner) for pointing out financial irregularities to her soon to retire predecessor, Chancellor Bishop.<br /><br />BACKGROUND:<br /><br /> At:<br />http://community.the-hospitalist.org/2007/12/14/the-termination-of-ucsf-dean-david-kessler/<br /><br />email from (former) Dean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-53641746230497604332011-10-14T16:03:22.545-04:002011-10-14T16:03:22.545-04:00Maybe the goal is to accomplish something like the...Maybe the goal is to accomplish something like the following:<br /><br />http://cardiobrief.org/2011/10/12/national-lipid-association-expert-panel-has-many-deep-ties-to-industry/<br /><br />Here we have an “expert panel” advocating the use of an expanded group of biomarkers to determine early or more aggressive treatment of lipid issues. The only problem is the recommendations are ghostwritten, Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.com