ethical lapses

Pfizer CEO Now Acknowledges "We Need to be Straight with People"

Health Care Renewal  Fri, 12/04/2009 - 11:29

Even the CEO of the world's largest pharmaceutical company is now conceding that unethical behavior by large health care corporations has lead to trouble.  As reported by The Day (New London, CT, US): 

Three months after his company paid the largest criminal fine in U.S. history, Pfizer Inc. chief executive Jeffrey B.

Kindler called on government and business leaders Tuesday to face up to the 'real and legitimate anger' of citizens fed up with ethics breaches.


 

Seeking NIH to fund studies on medical ethics, conflicts of inte...

Health Care Renewal  Sun, 11/15/2009 - 17:11

Adriane Fugh-Berman MD is principal investigator (PI) of the PharmedOut project.

PharmedOut is an independent, publicly funded project that empowers physicians to identify and counter inappropriate pharmaceutical promotion practices.

PharmedOut promotes evidence-based medicine by providing news, resources, and links to pharma-free CME courses.