Pharma loved Harvard because of its big ol’ name.
That has changed, as a Harvard professor who studies the interaction between industry and med school professors notes. “For a long time in medicine, not just at Harvard, but everywhere, there was a culture that said doctors were entitled to industry perks, but that culture is breaking down,” [Eric] Campbell said. “Doctors no longer assume it is their right and duty to accept these perks from industry.”
But hey. One school keeps the perk banner waving — and it’s UD‘s own GW!
“It’s just a rough environment,” said Dr. Lawrence DuBuske, [a Massachusetts] allergy specialist… “The industry wants very little to do with Massachusetts.”
DuBuske, who has been a top speaker for GSK and AstraZeneca about asthma medications, resigned from Brigham and Women’s last year, rather than give up his speaking appearances. Since then, he has landed a job at George Washington University School of Medicine and Medical Center in Washington, D.C.