[e-drug] Re: Just how tainted has medicine become?

[Tom Poe <tompoe@renonevada.net>]

E-drug: Re: Just how tainted has medicine become?
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That question, and the one following, i.e., 

> "A more important question arises: do those doctors who
> support this culture for the best of intentions--eg, to undertake
> important research that would otherwise remain unfunded--have
> the courage to oppose practices that bring the whole of medicine
> into disrepute?"

has been addressed in various venues over the years. I can attest to
the answer as being unequivocally, "NO!". At the least, it's, "NOT
YET!"

And it's a shame to the profession and a shame to the regulating
authorities. Place a solution that benefits not only the
pharmaceutical industry, but the investigators, and patients as well,
and the answer is, "Sorry, the status quo must continue." Anyone
care to stand up and dispute what's just been said? Any
pharmaceutical company? Any investigator? The world waits.

Respectfully,

Thomas A. Poe, M.D.
Director
WORLDCCR
http://www.worldccr.org/

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