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Doctors with Drug Ties Chosen for Avandia Panel
Categories: Drugs & Medical Devices
Tags: FDA, flu, JAMA, medical device, Pharma, Vioxx
Another prestigious institution bans Pharma swag
In what the NY Times calls “a growing movement among academic institutions,” Stanford University Medical Center will ban gifts — even small ones like pens — from pharma sales reps to physicians who work there.
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: flu, JAMA, medical device, Patient Safety Day, recall
