LA Times: NIH influenced by Drug Cos

[Sharon Hope]

Expose on drug company influence and corruption in the National Institutes
of Health in December 7, 2003 edition of the LA Times.

About this Report
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-nihmethodbox7dec07,1,7615928.story

A Federal Lab Leader Who Made $1.4 Million on the Side
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-nihgermain7dec07,1,528720.story

A Federal Researcher Who Defended a Client's Lethal Drug
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-niheastman7dec07,1,3871062.story

A Government Accolade From a Paid Consultant
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-nihtrent7dec07,1,4227395.story

A Cancer Expert Who Aided Studies Using a Drug Wanted by a Client
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-nihschlom7dec07,1,2085444.story

A Clinic Chief's Desire to 'Learn About Industry'
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-nihgallin7dec07,1,7140903.story

NIH Official: What the Law Says
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nihlaw7dec07,1,6321658.story

Stealth Merger: Drug Companies and Government Medical Research
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nih7dec07,1,7108097.story

Charts, Graphs, photos of patients who died from drug trials defended by NIH
researchers who had the drug companies as clients.

Quote: " have always received official permission to perform ...
consultations and have performed [them] outside of my normal NIH work
schedule and according to strict government guidelines and rules."
-- DR. STEPHEN I. KATZ, director of the NIH's arthritis institute "

[mfg]

"Sharon Hope" <shope@anet.net> wrote in message news:<zkLAb.327424$9E1.1606766@attbi_s52>...
> Expose on drug company influence and corruption in the National Institutes
> of Health in December 7, 2003 edition of the LA Times.
-----------snip--------------
> Stealth Merger: Drug Companies and Government Medical Research
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nih7dec07,1,7108097.story
>
> Charts, Graphs, photos of patients who died from drug trials defended by NIH
> researchers who had the drug companies as clients.
>
> Quote: " have always received official permission to perform ...
> consultations and have performed [them] outside of my normal NIH work
> schedule and according to strict government guidelines and rules."
> -- DR. STEPHEN I. KATZ, director of the NIH's arthritis institute "

Plus ca change plus ca better bottle of scotch.

It appears the NIH learned nothing from the Veteran Affairs debacle,
or their CFIDS research funding scandal.

The LA Times has gone out of their way to fund this investigation:
will they also stop taking Pharma money for their printing bill? And
who stands to win if NIH funding is affected by a (deserved) backlash?
Why Big Pharma, who must just be rubbing their hands with glee today.

Plus ca change plus ca meme chose.

MFG