STANFORD, SCHATZBERG and CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS: RECOGNIZING and M...

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Sun, 06/29/2008 - 19:40

STANFORD, SCHATZBERG and CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS: RECOGNIZING and MANAGING CONFLICTS

The case of Stanford University and Dr.

Alan Schatzberg, chairman of Stanford’s department of psychiatry, has been in the news for a week.

Senator Grassley raised concerns about conflicts of interest, reporting of same, and Stanford’s policies.

In play are a company called Corcept Therapeutics that Dr. Schatzberg founded, and a drug called Mifepristone or RU 486 that is in clinical trials for a severe form of depression....

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