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Harvard medical students award an 'F' to university for pharmaceutical company ties
09 Mar 10
Students at Harvard Medical School are protesting at the undue influence of the pharmaceutical industry in their classrooms.
Read the whole story here: http://www.bartonpublishing.com/blog/harvard-medical-students-rebel-against-pharma-ties/
It reports:
'Harvard received the lowest grade–an F--from the American Medical Student Association, a national group that rates how well medical schools monitor and controldrug industry money. Harvard Medical School’s peers received much higher grades, ranging from the A for the University of Pennsylvania, to B’s received by Stanford, Columbia and New York University, to the C for Yale.
The revolt began when a first year medical student “grew wary” when a professor promoted cholesterol drugs and “seemed to belittle a student who asked about side effects.” He later discovered that the professor, a full-time Harvard Medical faculty member, was a paid consultant to 10 drug industry companies, including manufacturers of cholesterol drugs.'
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