December 13, 2009
Ex-Merck Spokesman Points Finger at Paid Consultants in Drug Lawsuits
Michael Marsland for The Chronicle
Harlan M. Krumholz, a Yale U. professor of medicine, has collected some $200,000 while working with plaintiffs suing Merck, raising the possibility that his work is biased, says a former Merck spokesman. But Dr. Krumholz says his conclusions have always been upheld, showing his work is sound.
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Michael Marsland for The Chronicle
Harlan M. Krumholz, a Yale U. professor of medicine, has collected some $200,000 while working with plaintiffs suing Merck, raising the possibility that his work is biased, says a former Merck spokesman. But Dr. Krumholz says his conclusions have always been upheld, showing his work is sound.
In the past decade, medical journals have published more than 5,000 articles on financial conflicts of interest, often when university researchers investigate a product yet also receive money from companies trying to sell that product.
But should the journals also see a financial conflict when the researchers are being paid to help warn consumers against buying a potentially unsafe drug or medical device?
That is the assertion put forward by the journal Mayo Clinic
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