Comment Summary

Recent Congressional investigations have revealed that some university based physicians who receive research grants from the government (NIH) have not reported to the university or the government that they received pharmaceutical company payments as well. There is an implication that the pharmaceutical company payments may influence their research. What is your reaction to this?
#	Response Date	Other (please specify)
1.	6/11/2008 11:41:00 AM	number 2 is already the case
2.	6/11/2008 4:12:00 PM	I don't think that pharmaceutical monies are a bad thing and I think it is ridiculous that the medical community is being forced (largely by non-practicing physicians) to make pariahs of those who accept pharmaceutical money for research and teaching.
3.	6/12/2008 12:58:00 AM	All physicians who do research funded by pharmaceutical companies have a duty to report it to the patients in the study. I do.
4.	6/23/2008 3:00:00 PM	Academics are hypocritical whores.
5.	6/25/2008 2:28:00 AM	it is already required to disclose financial interests when publishing an article