Doug Freese wrote:
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What exactly about what I wrote even remotely indicates paranoia? Or
where do I ascribe evil motives to anyone? Or everyone?

You just keep repeating, in a robotic manner, that I am paranoid,
regardless of what I've actually written. Can you even read? Can you
understand what is being written? Can you formulate any other response
other than accuse people of paranoia? That would require a modicum of
intellect. Not to mention, actually formulating and having a valid
argument.

TC

"TC" <tunderbar[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1163612250.754522.115910[at]i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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So is your paranoia thinking everyone has evil motives. Talk about acts
getting old!

-DF

coons...[at]amestwp.com wrote:
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Your attempts at making this illogical point is silly. You've only
succeeded in making yourself look stupid.... again.

TC

"> Where is the conflict of interest disclosure for this research? It
is
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Irrelevant drivel, yet again.

Where is the profitable product being hustled in this study? There
isn't one.

Your silly act is getting old."

In the total vacuum of transparency it presented how can we know who
gets their pockets stuffed. Your prescription was followed, first full
disclosure and then we consider the content of the study. Self
righteous chest thumping seems to cut both ways.

coonskin[at]amestwp.com wrote:
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Irrelevant drivel, yet again.

Where is the profitable product being hustled in this study? There
isn't one.

Your silly act is getting old.

TC

Where is the conflict of interest disclosure for this research? It is
worthless until complete transparency can be established. Smile.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/...ct/343/22/1621

National Survey of Policies on Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest in
Biomedical Research

S. Van McCrary, Ph.D., J.D., M.P.H., Cheryl B. Anderson, Ph.D., Jelena
Jakovljevic, B.S., Tonya Khan, B.S., Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D.,
Nelda P. Wray, M.D., M.P.H., and Baruch A. Brody, Ph.D.




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ABSTRACT

Background Conflicts of interest pose a threat to the integrity of
scientific research. The current regulations of the U.S. Public Health
Service and the National Science Foundation require that medical
schools and other research institutions report the existence of
conflicts of interest to the funding agency but allow the institutions
to manage conflicts internally. The regulations do not specify how to
do so.

Methods We surveyed all medical schools (127) and other research
institutions (170) that received more than $5 million in total grants
annually from the National Institutes of Health or the National Science
Foundation; 48 journals in basic science and clinical medicine; and 17
federal agencies in order to analyze their policies on conflicts of
interest.

Results Of the 297 institutions, 250 (84 percent) responded by March
2000, as did 47 of the 48 journals and 16 of the 17 federal agencies.
Fifteen of the 250 institutions (6 percent) - 5 medical schools and
10 other research institutions - reported that they had no policy on
conflicts of interest. Among the institutions that had policies, there
was marked variation in the definition and management of conflicts.
Ninety-one percent had policies that adhered to the federal threshold
for disclosure ($10,000 in annual income or equity in a relevant
company or 5 percent ownership), and 9 percent had policies that
exceeded the federal guidelines. Only 8 percent had policies requiring
disclosure to funding agencies, only 7 percent had such policies
regarding journals, and only 1 percent had policies requiring the
disclosure of information to the relevant institutional review boards
or to research subjects. Twenty journals (43 percent) reported that
they had policies requiring disclosure of conflicts of interest. Only
four federal agencies had policies that explicitly addressed conflicts
of interest in extramural research, and all but one of the agencies
relied primarily on institutional discretion.

Conclusions There is substantial variation among policies on conflicts
of interest at medical schools and other research institutions. This
variation, combined with the fact that many scientific journals and
funding agencies do not require disclosure of conflicts of interest,
suggests that the current standards may not be adequate to maintain a
high level of scientific integrity.


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TC