tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post115523049605762108..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Disclosing Conflicts of Interest: A Story Involving JAMA, Harvard Medical School, Baxter International, CytycRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1156522877086242832006-08-25T12:21:00.000-04:002006-08-25T12:21:00.000-04:00Harvard might attract criticism if they were seen ...Harvard might attract criticism if they were seen to be "allowing their faculty CV pages to be used to promote commercial entities" though, as well, and indeed their faculty might be criticised individually if they were seen using their academic pages to promote their companies. It is possible the Prof got the balance right, particularly nowadays with Google to help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1156368125837205992006-08-23T17:22:00.000-04:002006-08-23T17:22:00.000-04:00I was so mad about the ivory-tower one-sidedness o...I was so mad about the ivory-tower one-sidedness of this editorial, that I wrote the following, which I offer for your edification and amusement:<BR/><BR/>Dear Dr. DeAngelis:<BR/><BR/>As someone who has spent nearly 30 years analyzing data within for-profit healthcare companies, I found your editorial, “The Influence of Money on Medical Science”, insulting to me and other members of my professionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1155248979775658512006-08-10T18:29:00.000-04:002006-08-10T18:29:00.000-04:00The August 10, WSJ article Lipitor Shows Limited B...The August 10, WSJ article Lipitor Shows Limited Benefit for Stroke reveals that the doctor selected to review the latest Lipitor findings by The New England Journal of Medicine has financial ties to Pfizer. 11 study co-authors have financial ties to Pfizer.<BR/><BR/>Co-author Justin A. Zivin finds the results no better than aspirin.<BR/><BR/>Pfizer's spin was this is breaking new ground and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1155239174234923022006-08-10T15:46:00.000-04:002006-08-10T15:46:00.000-04:00I agree with this wholeheartedly. I think this has...I agree with this wholeheartedly. I think this has just as much to do with pride, arrogance, and short-sightedness as it does with the ignorance that many of the involved authors are claiming.<BR/><BR/>I'm very glad that Dr. DeAngelis and the other journal editors are standing firm on this one. It's important. Despite what often seems to be generally accepted, our advanced degrees to not make us Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com