Te Puawai
Cochrane Steering Group, began her
presentation with an insightful account of her
own history of how she became “pharmafree.” She started a trend as subsequent
speakers then revealed where they were on
the spectrum of being on the take from drug
companies, and the reaction from some of
their colleagues when they decided to come
clean and refuse industry money.
she described as “soft options” for dealing
with conflicts of interest. This country is
desperately in need of its own Sunshine Act.
When senior doctors are already getting
around $17,000 to attend conferences and
other important continuing education events
there is really no excuse for them to be
accepting drug company money.
Tamiflu – a nice little earner
PharmFree Scorecard
Professor Farquhar described how the
American Medical Stude