Fewer med schools take pharma support
A new survey quantifies a trend we’ve seen: Fewer medical schools are accepting gifts and support from drug and device makers. According to the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine , 56 percent of internal medicine program directors say they accepted free food and teaching materials. That’s down from 89 percent in 1990. And apparently, some of the program directors are accepting pharma support unwillingly: Seventy-two percent say
