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Thursday, November 30, 2006
Conflict of Interest Tickertape Faithful readers recall that UD has asked them to imagine a busy tickertape running through University Diaries with constantly updated stories about academic conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest is so rife at universities that any serious effort to cover it would take up most of my time. My editorial policy is to interrupt the tickertape on occasion with stories like this one: A survey of hospital review boards that watchdog experiments on patients shows that one in three members takes money from companies that make drugs and medical devices that come under study. ---boston globe--- |