Wednesday, September 29, 2010

University of South Florida med school gets grade of "incomplete" - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Two medical schools in Florida, at and the Floridaq State University College of Medicinein Tallahassee, received grades of B on the AMSA PharmFree scorecard. They were amon g only 21 of the 150 medical schoolws surveyed that received Asor Bs, the association said in a in got Fs for theidr failure to respond to the survey, AMSA responded, but the responsse was lost in the mail, according to AMSA. AMSA said it has requestec another response and will assess USF once that is The scorecard evaluates restrictions on paid speakingfor products, acceptancse of drug promotion samples, interaction with saled representatives and industry-funded education, among other criteria.
Pharmaceutica l industry marketing to doctors has been estimatesdat $28 billion to $46 billion per year with additionak promotion by the medical device industry, according to the AMSA, which represents the concernsd of physicians-in-training, collaborated with The Prescriptiohn Project, an industry watchdog group working to eliminatew conflicts of interest in medicine. The two organizationx developed an interactive that evaluateseach school'd policies in 11 areas.

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