On December 3, 2009
Pfizer Blasted in Canada for $780K CME Program
Pfizer (PFE) can’t catch a break in Canada right now. It’s being blasted for a C$780,000 continuing medical education program it has set up through the Canadian Medical Association. Critics believe that doctor education should not be influenced by drug companies, which have a different set of interests than patients. The Globe and Mail: “My feeling is that the pharmaceutical industry has no business at all educating doctors,” said Arnold Relman, professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School and former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. “There’s no question that if you’re paying the piper, you influence the tune that the piper is going to play.” A few days before, Pfizer was the focus of outrage when it emerged…
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