News - P. Roy Vagelos
The Association of American Medical Colleges has drafted a proposal to ban drug and medical device companies from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors, staff members and students in medical colleges, reported New York Times.
Prix Galien USA today announced Roy Vagelos, former Chief Scientist and CEO of Merck & Co., will receive this year's coveted Prix Galien Pro Bono Humanitarian Award for his role in eliminating river blindness as a major public health threat. "Dr.
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN CLEVELAND - Doctors must work with drug and medical-device makers to promote innovation but their collaboration should not allow a physician's financial interests to overtake patient needs, medical and health-industry leaders said Wednesday.
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