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Media & News

This page will list all relevant articles, research or news releases that the AME feels appropriate and interesting for public review.

The Atlantic

The Medical-Industrial Complex
(the Atlantic)

New York Times

FDA Scientist Attacks Avandia Safety
(Wall Street Journal)

New York Times New Hips Gone Awry Expose U.S. Kickbacks in Doctors’ Conflicts
(Bloomberg)

New York Times

New Inquiry in Surgeon’s Bone Study for Army
(New York Times)

New York Times

Medtronic Paid Surgeon While He Was in the Army
(New York Times)

National Public Radio

Bill Aims To Disclose Doctor-Drugmaker Payments
(NPR)

New York Times

Medical Device Maker Settles Conflict Inquiry in New Jersey
(New York Times)

Consumer Affairs

Device Maker Synthes to Disclose Financial Ties to Doctors Under Agreement
(BNA's Health Care Daily Report)

New York Times

Study Finds Problems With Bone-Growth Products in Neck Surgery
(New York Times)

New York Times

Study: Thousands Undergoing Expensive, Potentially Risky Spine Surgery
(Trading Markets)

New York Times

Medtronic Gets Subpoena on Surgeon's Product Study
(The Wall Street Journal)

New York Times

Medtronic Gets Subpoena Regarding Disputed Study
(The New York TImes)

New York Times

Boston AG Subpoenas Medtronic Over Implant Study
(Forbes)

New York Times

Medtronic Subpoenaed on Bogus US Army Surgeon Study
(Reuters)

New York Times

Prosecutors seek records in Medtronic fraud probe
(Star Tribune)

New York Times

Mass. AG Subpoenas Medical Device Maker
(The Boston Globe)

New York Times

Group Advises Stopping Flow of Gifts to Doctors
(New York Times)

Merck Accused of 'Ghost Writing' Medical Article
(The Age)

The Withdrawal of Drug Company Money
(The Los Angeles Times)

Grassley Probes Financing of Advocacy Group for Mental Health
(Bloomberg)

JAMA Editor Calls Critic a "Nobody and a Nothing"
(The Wall Street Journal)

Reports Show Weeknesses in Oversight of Clinical Trials
(Pro Publica)

Side Effects | Are Doctors' Loyalties Divided?
(Journal Sentinel)

U.S. Psychiatrists To End Drug Company Seminars
(Reuters)

Whistleblowers at FDA May Be Stifled, Grassley Says (Update3)
(Bloomberg)
Grassley calls on FDA leader to clarify employees’ right to speak up about agency matters
(United States Senate)

Ethics Event Spawns a Tussle at Tufts
(The Boston Globe)

Senator Broadens Inquiry Into Psychiatrist
(The Boston Globe)

New York Times Drug Maker Told Studies Would Aid It, Papers Say
(The New York Times)
Political Lobbying Drove FDA Process
(Wall Street Journal)
An Unbiased Scientific Record Should Be Everyone's Agenda
(PLoS Medicine)
Bitter Pill
(Rolling Stone)
State Bans Drug Firm Gifts to Doctors
(The Boston Globe)
New York Times New Rules on Doctors and Medical Firms Amid Ethics Concerns
(The New York Times)
Association for Medical Ethics
January 5, 2009
AME Ethical Rules of Disclosure Release
Association for Medical Ethics
June 2008
AME Formation Announced at Ethics: The Role of Industry and Academia Symposium
U.S. Senate BusinessWeek
May, 2008
The Doctor vs. Device Makers
Bloomberg News/WashingtonPost.com
February 28, 2008
Orthopedic-Device Makers Accused of Paying Doctors Congress Told Practice Is Deep-Seated
Consumer Affairs BNA's Health Care Daily
February 28, 2008
Drugs and Devices: Senate Aging Panel Hears Support For Physician Payment Disclosure Proposal
Consumer Affairs Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
February 28, 2008
Four Medical Device Companies Made $800M in Illegitimate Payments to Physicians Over Four Years, HHS OIG Offical Says
Consumer Affairs ConsumerAffairs.Com
February 28, 2008
Doctors Took Kickbacks from Orthopedic-Device Makers
Bribery scheme may be difficult to eliminate
Forbes
February 27, 2008
Congress probes medical device payments
U.S. Senate US Senate
February 27, 2008
Sen. Herb Kohl Committee Hearing - Medical Device Industry
New York Times New York Times
January 30, 2008
Financial Ties Are Cited as Issue in Spine Study
Prevention Prevention
July 7, 2007
Unnecessary Operations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
March/April 2007
Orthopaedist-industry collaborations headed into ‘a perfect storm’
New York Times New York Times
September 27, 2007
Medtronic, Again Questioned Over Payments to Doctors, Is Subject of Senator’s Inquiry
Internet Journal Internet Journal for Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology
September, 2007
The Potential Biomechanical Etiology for Lumbar Disc Replacement Failures:Review of 24 Patients and the Rationale for Revision
New York Times New York Times
December 30, 2006
Spine as a Profit Center
Forbes
November 27, 2006
Dangerous Devices
oc register USA Today
July 25, 2006
Artificial Spinal Disc Generates Controversy
oc register OC Register
July 12, 2006
Help for health care coverage
The Street
June 5 , 2006
Suit Targets J&J Discs
Money-Driven Medicine By Maggie Mahar Money-Driven Medicine
Published May, 2006
Chapter 8 - Device Makers, Drugmakers, and the FDA
Jama
January 25, 2006
Doctors Urge Peers To Avoid Gifts And Travel Funds From Device Makers
MD News
January, 2006
The University of California, Irvine, Spine Center A University Approach to the Spinal Patient
The Street
December 22 , 2005
Hope Slips for Disc Implants
Chicago Sun-Times
November 6, 2005
Will Surgery Stop Your Back Pain? Upcoming Study Could Reveal
The Wall Street Journal
June 7, 2005
J&J's New Device For Spine Surgery Raises Questions
HealthPoint Capital
May, 23, 2005
An Interview with Dr. Charles Rosen on Artificial Disc Clinical Trials
The Street
May 13, 2005
J&J Discs Face Backlash
The Street
May 13, 2005
J&J Discs Face Backlash
The Orange County Register
February 15, 2005
Back surgery evolves UCI doctor is a proponent of new operation that uses body's ability to grow its own new bone.
New Rules on Conflicts Proposed
(Journal Sentinel)
U.S. Probes Emory Doctor's Glaxo Ties
(Wall Street Journal)

 

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