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Medical Students, Pew Find Improvement in Medical School Pharmaceutical Conflict-of-Interest Policies, But Many Lag (06/16/2009)


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Doctors deeply divided over national health care reform
(Minneapolis Star Tribune - 06/27/09)

"Health Care For America Now" Activists Seek Comprehensive Coverage and Cost Containment
(Open Media Boston - 06/26/09)

Senator Grassley Demands Answers From Medical Schools on Ethics Policies
(Chronicle of Higher Education - 06/24/09)

The Myth of Prevention
(Wall Street Journal - 06/20/09)

UCSD's medical school earns B on ethics report
(San Diego Union Tribune - 06/17/09)

More Medical Schools Beef Up Conflicts Policies
(Wall Street Journal Health Blog - 06/16/09)

Group rates Florida medical schools' ties to pharmaceutical firms
(Miami Herald - 06/16/09)

Student Coalition Forms to Back Open Access
(Inside Higher Ed - 06/15/09)

UNM med school conflict-of-interest policies rank well
(New Mexico Business Weekly - 05/20/09)

Publicly funded research for a price
(Marketplace - 04/28/09, AMSA member Laura Janneck discusses publicly funded research.)

Medical School: Tips and Stats
(US News & World Report - 04/22/09)

Case Western Reserve University dramatically expands conflict-of-interest policy
(MedCity News - 04/08/09)

Med Schools Pressed To Cut Drug-Firm Ties
(National Public Radio - 03/17/09, All Things Considered)

Racial Health Disparities Called Most Prevalent Civil Rights Issue of Decade
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education - 03/16/09)

Pre-med students rally for health bills
(Washington Times - 03/13/09)

DHMC fights industry influence
(The Dartmouth - 03/10/09)

Med. school seeks more transparency
(Yale Daily News - 03/06/09)

Is Drug-Company Money Tainting Medical Education?
(TIME - 03/06/09)

Med schools’ ties with Big Pharm likely to bring vet school policies under magnifying glass
(Sentient Cincinnati - 03/06/09)

Harvard examines relationship between faculty, drug companies
(New England Cable News - 03/04/09)

Tallying Harvard Medical School’s Drug-Industry Ties
(Wall Street Journal Health Blog - 03/03/09)

Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary
(New York Times - 03/02/09)

Pfizer Worker Photographed Protesters at Harvard
(New York Times - 03/02/09)

   
 


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