The University of Florida medical school received an F … on a scorecard designed to measure ethical policies on professors’ relationship with the pharmaceutical industry, the Pew Prescription Project announced Tuesday.
… The Gainesville school flunked because it refused to provide information, according to the 2009 American Medical Student Association PharmFree Scorecard. UF spokeswoman Melanie Fridl Ross said Tuesday, “We aren’t sure what happened with respect to the AMSA survey, but . . . shortly after being named interim dean of the College of Medicine last June, Dr. Michael L. Good appointed a task force to review and update the existing policies . . . on industry conflicts of interest and industry-academic relations . . . “
They can’t even find the survey.