Quotes from News Articles

' "I had no idea how much influence companies had on medical education. And it’s something that’s purposely meant to be under the table..." [said a Harvard medical student]'

Source: "Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary," by Duff Wilson, New York Times, March 2, 2009.

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'Dr. Goodwin, a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health... an influential psychiatrist who was the host of the popular public radio program "The Infinite Mind,"... earned at least $1.3 million from 2000 to 2007 giving marketing lectures for drugmakers...'

' "More than 10 years ago, when... I got involved in this effort, it didn’t occur to me that my doing what every other expert in the field does might be considered a conflict of interest," Dr. Goodwin said.'

Source: "Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties," by Gardiner Harris, New York Times, Nov. 21, 2008.

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"Dr. Biederman’s work helped to fuel a fortyfold increase from 1994 to 2003 in the diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder and a rapid rise in the use of powerful, risky and expensive antipsychotic medicines in children."

"Thousands of parents have sued..."

'One problem with the study, [a Johnson & Johnson executive] wrote, is that the children given placebos and those given Risperdal both improved significantly...

'The draft abstract... however, stated that only the children given Risperdal improved... [The executive] asked Dr. Biederman to sign a form listing himself as the author so the company could present the study to the conference...

'Dr. Beiderman [responded,] "I will be happy to sign the forms if you could kindly send them to me." '

Source: "Research Center Tied to Drug Company," by Gardiner Harris, New York Times, Nov. 24, 2008.
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