tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post1109768717126674042..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: There You Go Again: Richard Epstein Says "Conflict-of-Interest Rules Thwart Medical Progress"Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-27254474420197813702010-11-07T11:30:43.176-05:002010-11-07T11:30:43.176-05:00As a former pharma manager, I agree that COI harms...As a former pharma manager, I agree that COI harms pharma productivity. At the very least, it tends to divert money from R&D to marketing of the product in which the conflicts held by senior pharma executives exist. <br /><br />Further, there are certainly dishonest capitalists on the right, but it's the left that believes in moral relativity as a virtue if I remember my politics InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-35731578783932187182010-11-05T21:09:04.347-04:002010-11-05T21:09:04.347-04:00Hummm, I wonder if he has ever accepted money for ...Hummm, I wonder if he has ever accepted money for speaking where such reception of monies might represent a conflict of interest. Just wondering.<br /><br />I think protecting the public from COI within the pharmaceutical and medical communities enhances Capitalism, rather than diminish from it.<br /><br />- David<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aloe-vera.org/top_10_reasons_to_use_aloe_vera.htm" "Guppy" Honakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00418432570902397757noreply@blogger.com