Drug industry ties -- do they bind?
Quick View. Nov. 26, 2007.
Two-thirds of medical school department chairs have some form of personal relationship with a pharmaceutical or medical device company.
A recent study of the types of industry compensation that 489 department chairs said they received in 2006 found that one in four was compensated for participation in meetings or events, and one in five for speaking engagements.
This information and the accompanying full-text visual aids were drawn from the following source:
"Institutional Academic-Industry Relationships,"
Journal of the American Medical Association, Oct. 17.
[...]
Quick Views provide a visual glimpse into current events in medicine.
Full text of
AMNews content, including all Quick View tables and charts, is available to AMA members and paid subscribers.
Copyright 2007 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
