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Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/17/2008

 Corporate Bigwig to Chair Salt Reduction Panel
 Senators Question FDA over PR Contract Bidding
 Defamation Suit Seeks to Silence Critical Research
 Grassley Urges NIH Crack Down on Undisclosed Conflicts
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers
 Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/10/2008

  Cattlemen-Tied Researchers on NAS Meat Safety Panel
 Columbia, Emory Update COI Policies
 Senate Committee Seeks More Company Records
 Land Grant University Scientists Join Biofuels Industry Team
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/03/2008

 DOA, HHS Ignore Dietary Committee's Food Industry Ties
 Science Board Blasts BPA Report Despite Conflicts
 EPA Lowers Standard for Removing Toxics from Water
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/27/2008

 Advisors' Biz Ties Fuel DOE's Nuke Reprocessing Policy
 Consultants Helped Write BPA Safety Report
 CDC Advisors Axe Automatic Anthrax Vax
 UK Scientists Blast Agency for Touting Biz Science
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/20/2008

 House Investigating FDA-EthicAd Link
 NIH Clamps Down on Emory after Nemeroff Scandal
 NIH Panel on Hepatitis B Avoids Conflicts
 EPA Met with Industry Prior to Final Lead Rule
 Flawed Analysis Dictates Murrelet Move
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers
 Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/14/2008

 BPA Panel Chief's Center Took Anti-Reg Zealot's Cash
 Lawsuit: Pfizer Hid Negative Neurontin Studies
 Report: CDC Demoted Scientist for Whistle-Blowing
 Inspector General: NIH Needs Ethics Overhaul
 Scientists Fault Endangered Species Act Rewrite
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/06/2008

 Alaska Bear Lawsuit Cites Industry-Funded Skeptics
 Nemeroff Failed to Report Drug Income to NIH
 Reid, Enviros Blast EPA Yucca Mountain Standard
 Media Often Fail to Report Pharma Funding
 UMinn May Strengthen COI Policy
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/29/2008

 DOT Ties to Sleep Aid Industry Riles Truckers
 Pharma-Connected DTC Ad Group Strips Website of Info
 Grassley Pounces on More NIH Conflicts of Interest
 Lilly, Merck to Reveal Some Payments to Physicians
 GAO: EPA Lax on Livestock Pollution
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/22/2008

 White House Wants to Put Perchlorate on Tap
 GAO: Science Falling Behind at EPA
 FDA Assailed for Choosing Biz-Backed BPA Studies
 Journal Resection? Cancer Studies Go Unpublished
 Bill Seeks to Overturn Open Access Publishing
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/15/2008

 FDA Using Pharma DTC Pro
 Med Center Conflict Policies Compared
 Grassley Slaps U Texas on Disclosure
 Industry to Fund NIEHS Booklet on EMF Safety
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/08/2008

 NTP, FDA at Odds on Bisphenol-A
 Big Pharma U.? Harvard Offers Glaxo Sweetheart Deal
 Hearing Journal Slams Researcher for Failing to Disclose
 EPA Says DOT Underestimated Gas Mileage Benefits
 Science Overlooked 11 Cell Phone Studies, Critics Charge
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/02/2008

 Integrity in Science Conference Audio Now Available!
 EPA Hides Data; Bayer Offers Flawed Studies
 Firm Fires Docs Who Spotted Workers' Ills
 Study: BPA Threatens Adults, Too
 Stanford Restricts Drug Industry Financing
 Editorial Board of Psychiatric Times to Disclose COIs
 Critical Cell Phone Studies Get Poor Reception
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 08/18/2008

 States Consider BPA Restrictions; FDA Says 'Safe'
 Endangered Species Act Overhaul Endangers Science
 FDA Releases New COI Guidelines
 ACCME Proposes Restrictions on CME Presenters
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 08/04/2008

 Anthrax Terror Suspect Held Vaccine Patents
 Senators Want Full Global Warming Paper Released
 EPA Advisers Balk at Plans to Ease Asbestos Regs. . .
 . . . And New Lead Standard
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers
 Clarification

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/21/2008

 Pediatrics Fails to Disclose Industry Ties in Lipid Guide for Kids . . .
 . . . While Journal of Lipidology Also Ignores Disclosure Rules
 Grassley Probes Biz Ties at American Psychiatric Association
 Mugs, Pens Out; Consulting, Speaking In
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/30/2008

  White House Editing EPA Report Touting Greenhouse Gas Limits
  Leading Climate Scientist Renews Call to Action
  Undisclosed Industry Pay to Docs under Fire – I
  Undisclosed Industry Pay to Docs under Fire – II
 Survey Shows Americans Support Doctor Disclosure
  Bill Broadens Advisory Committee Disclosure beyond FDA
  NCI Science Advisers Put Amgen-J&J Cash on Hold
  Odds and Ends
  Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/16/2008

  NCCN Expands Disclosure Policy after CSPI Protest
  Harvard Shrinks Shrank from Disclosing Consulting Fees
  Tough EU Chemical Regulation Could Have Global Impact
  Most Med Schools’ Conflict of Interest Policies Get Failing Grade
  FDA Panel Issues Several Conflict of Interest Waivers
  Odds and Ends
  "Rejuvenating Public Sector Science" is July 11, 2008
  Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/02/2008

 Exxon Announces Cutoff for Warming Skeptics – Again
 Study: Health Journalists Get F in Reporting
  Private Food Safety Labs Hide Negative Tests
 Medtronic Settlement Provides Strong Whistleblower Protections
 CSPI Protests Adding Sub-Standard Payment Guides at CMS
 Odds and Ends
  Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/27/2008

  White House Told Johnson to Block CA Waiver
  Chantix Report Raises Doubt on AHRQ’s Tobacco Guidelines
 University Accepts Strings-Attached Tobacco Grants
  Hill Challenges EPA Risk Assessment Changes
  USDA Axes Pesticide Use Survey
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/19/2008

 After Negative AHRQ Review: Medicare May OK Drug Guide with Non-Disclosure Disclosures
  FDA Commissioner Finally Asks for More Money
  Do Endangered Species Have a Chance?
  Genetically-Engineered Embryo Sparks Unease
  Odds and Ends
  Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/12/2008

 Nutritionists with Biz Ties Crowd NAS School Foods Panel
 EPA Official Ousted for Ordering Dow Cleanup
 Congress Told That EPA May Not Set Perchlorate Limits
 Climate Skeptic Funds Aussie University Grants
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/05/2008

  Groups, GAO Fault EPA’s Risk Assessment Process
  FDA Scraps Helsinki Declaration on Protecting Human Subjects
  Animal Ag Report Encounters Industry Interference
  Psych Working Group Again Rife with Conflicts of Interests
  Agency Hedges on Great Lakes Pollution Link to Health
  Groups Protest FIFRA Panel Nominees
  Odds and Ends
  Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/28/2008

 Conflicts Clot HHS Cord Blood Stem Cell Committee
  Association Urges Medical Colleges to Ban Gifts
 Survey Documents Extensive Political Interference at EPA
  Boxer: EPA Gives Industry More Influence over Science Process
  Report Refutes EPA Assumptions on Ozone
  IOM to Evaluate Great Lakes Study
  Redacted Climate Change Testimony Delivered
  Gov't. Grant Used to Allegedly Fabricate Sludge Data
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/21/2008

  JAMA Editors May Ban Authors Who Hide Financial Ties
  Medical Firms Disclosure Offers Fall Short of Proposed Bill
  BPA Safety Concerns Continue to Grow
 FDA Medical Device Panel Issues Conflict of Interest Waivers
  Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/14/2008

  EPA Sued over Pesticide Approval
  FDA Warns GSK on Failure to Report Data
  UNC Renames Public Health School after CEO Gift
  Study Suggests Ending Cancer Trials Early Could be Unsafe
  Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/07/2008

  Researchers Admit Liggett Helped Fund Lung Cancer Study
  Four Elite Colleges Admit Taking Tobacco Money
  Congress Considers FACA Overhaul
  Reps Investigate ACC Influence
  Clorox Deal Causes Sierra Club Schism
  Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/31/2008

  Lung Cancer Researcher Took Funds from Tobacco Company
  Group Demands Protection for 681 Species
  Industry Studies Informed FDA Finding on BPA
  Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/24/2008

  Rice Removal: EPA Move Violates Peer Review Rules, Groups Say
  Skin Doc Group’s Seal Sale Tattooed as Unethical
  Groups Urge Protections for Federal Scientists
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/17/2008

  Cancer Letter: Researcher Failed to Disclose Patent during CME
  Need for Independent Drug Info Detailed
  EPA to Post Coal Wastes Analysis
  Consulting Firm Delayed Removal of Harmful Drug for Years
  Yellowstone Bison Management under Fire
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/10/2008

  EPA Staff Unions Challenge Science Overrides
  Obesity Society Prez-Elect Quits after Conflict of Interest Storm
  IOM Urged to Recommend Conflict-Free Zone for Medicine
  Enviros Charge Border Fence Behind Jaguar Decision
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/03/2008

  EPA Boots Gov Scientist after Industry Complaint
  Surgeon Payments Disclosure Bill Advances
  Philip Morris Ends 8-year Academic Research Program
  Yazoo Pumps Face EPA Veto
  Big Business Drives Research Agenda at Land Grant Schools
  Boxer: EPA “in Crisis” over Greenhouse Gas Rules
  Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/25/2008

  FDA Proposal on Journal Reprints Draws Fire
  Rx Companies See Publishing as Marketing Strategy
  Wolf Delisting Called Premature
  Science Scandal Rocks Indian University
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/19/2008

 Med Schools Lag in Adopting Institutional Conflict-of-Interest Policies
 CDC Will Release Rewritten Great Lakes Study – in a Month
 OSHA Injury Records Wrong, Top Record-Keeper Says
 FDA Delay on Trasylol was Deadly, Researcher Alleges
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/11/2008

 Whistleblowers Under Fire
  Obesity Society Leader Backs Chains on Menu Labeling
  Groups Protest EPA Omission of Coal Toxicity Info
  Interior’s Chukchi Sea Review Excluded Major Facilities
  Congressional Probe Targets Consulting Group
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/04/2008

 NEJM Reviewer with Conflicts Leaked Damaging Study to Drug Firm
 Polluters Monitor Selves in Delaware
 Prodisc Researchers’ Financial Ties Prompt FDA Investigation
 Scientists Rebut Exxon-funded Polar Bear Study
 FDA Panel on Controversial Psych Drug Issues Waivers
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/28/2008

 U.S. Censors Arctic Oil and Gas Report
 Ag Industry Sways State Pesticide Decision
 One Hospital Says “No Thanks” to Drug Industry Gifts
 Study Refutes Basis of NTP Report on BPA
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/22/2008

 Strings Tied to Industry-Academic Collaborations at "Big Oil U"
 NIH Nixes Knowing Outside Grantees’ Conflicts-of-Interest
 Scientists Seek Interior Oversight
 Congress: Politics, not Science, Prompted Polar Bear Listing Delay
 All the Good News That's Fit to Print
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/14/2008

 Organized Medicine Warned on "Entrepreneurial” Guidelines
 New EPA Assessment Reduces Acrylamide Risk
 Scientists Blast Proposed Change to Lead Standard
 Ban on Wildlife Poisons Sought
 Congress Probes Jarvik’s Role in Pfizer Lipitor Ads
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/07/2008

 EPA Seeks to Exempt Feedlots from Toxics Reporting
 UK Scientists Decry New Nuke Plans
 White Shoes, Not White Coats, Predominate at Rx Firms
 Yellowstone Threats Report Faulted
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/02/2008

 Waxman Investigates EPA Denial of Clean Air Waiver
 Shrinks with Rx Ties Again Dominate DSM Writing Panel
 EPA Allows Use of Ozone-Destroying Chemical
 UMass Med School Tightens Conflict of Interest Rules
 Former CPSC Staffer Blows Whistle on Agency Failings
 Zetia Risks Concealed by Manufacturer
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/17/2007

 Officials Deny Cancer-Environment Link in Pa.
 
House Investigates Slow-Release Drug Study
 Company Data Shows High Atrazine Levels in Streams
 Report: White House Manipulated Climate Science
 Profit-Driven Researchers Spurn Working with Government Scientists
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/10/2007

 Physician Ethics, Actions at Odds
 Independent Researchers Blast NTP Report on Bisphenol-A
 FDA Needs More Resources, Better Science
 Judge: FWS Must Reconsider Sage Grouse Decision
 Study Finds Systemic Bias in Meta-Analyses by Conflicted Docs
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/03/2007

 Report Shows Conflict-free Advisers Easily Found
 Group Challenges ESA Decisions
  EPA Removes Everglades Expert
 Lawsuits: BP Violated State Revolving Door Regs
  Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/19/2007

 FDA To Use Simultaneous Voting at Advisory Meetings
 OMB Throws Back Krill Protection Rule
 U.S. Failed to Question Industry Data on Gassed Meat
 Exxon-Backed Group Attacks State Climate Policies
 Occ-Docs Seek Retraction, Threaten Journal with Libel Suit
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/13/2007

 NOAA Nixes Dam Removal --Again
 Grassley Asks CMS to Clarify Journal Policy
 White House Stalls on Admitting Censorship
 University Profs Fret Industry Control of Research
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/05/2007

 Orthopedic Surgeons' Buck-raking Exposed
 Gas Industry Flouts Clean Water Laws; BLM Dithers
 Shining Light on Physician Payola Gets Boost
 ExxonMobil Sullies Science on Polar Bear Decline
 IOM Adds Two to Conflicts of Interest Panel
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/29/2007

 EPA Funnels Key Work to Industry-Backed Research Group
 Open Access Bill Advances despite Publisher Protests
 CDC's Gerberding Defends White House Censorship
 Scientists Decry Politicization of Wolf Management
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/22/2007

 IOM to Offer Guide for Managing Medical Conflicts of Interest
 Med School-Industry Ties Exposed; Influence Denied
 Scientists Accuse DuPont of Distorting Study Results
 Effort in Congress to Void Medical Decision Decried
 Tobacco Giants Sullied Secondhand Smoke Studies
 EPA Ignored Scientists, Suit Charges
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/15/2007

 Workplace Cancer Figures Found Underreported
 Mining Magnate Backed Lawsuit Against Gore Film
 Fired Whistleblower Testifies on Farm Chemical
 Judge Orders Rabbit Review
 Prominent Psychiatrist Suspended by Regulators
 Odds and Ends
  Clarification

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/09/2007

 Fishing Group Funds Omega-3 Frenzy
 FDA Foundation Seeks Fix for Innovation Slowdown
 Tobacco Firms Hired Experts in NIH-Funded Cancer Trial
 Congress, Scientists Seek New Owl Recovery Plan
 White House Withdraws Controversial Bulletin
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/01/2007

 Protest Prompts EPA to Postpone Pesticide Approval
 FDA Fails to Monitor Clinical Trials - OIG
 CMS Okays Journals without Disclosure, Registry Policies
 NAS Reconsiders Fuel Economy Panel
 Climate Skeptic Leaves U. VA
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/24/2007

 FDA Bill Slightly Reduces Advisor Conflicts of Interest
 Arnold Fires Game Official for Stance on Lead Ammo
 Dueling Cell Phone Reports Suggest Funding Effect
 U. Investigates Researcher for Mining Company
 Climate Skeptic Refuses to Disclose Funding
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/17/2007

 Groups Decry Broken Peer Review Process at EPA
 Tie-Breaking Vote on Conflicts at FDA Recorded Wrong
 Judge: EPA Must Base Lead Review on Science, Not Politics
 Group Highlights Suppression of Cancer Research
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/10/2007

 ExxonMobil Staffer Peer Reviewed EPA HazMat Rule
 $300 Million Buys Smoke-Friendly U. for Tobacco Giant
 Who Funded Black Cohosh Studies May Matter
 Political Appointee to Co-chair EPA Nanotech Panel
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/04/2007

 FDA Waives Three Conflicted Docs onto EPO Safety Panel
 Voluntary Industry-Government Toxics Testing Program Falls Short
 Psychiatrists Lead Buck-raking Pack in Minnesota
 NIH Director Charged with Bungling Schwartz Ethics Probe
 Science Invoked to Justify Continued Whale Kills
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 08/27/2007

 Ag Chief under Fire for Refusing to Study Flame Retardants
 Administration Feels Heat for Suppressing Climate Science
 Conflicts of Interest Cloud Health Care Cost Containment
 Spotted Owl Recovery Plan Flunks Peer Review
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 08/13/2007

 Consumer, Enviro Groups Protest Nominees to EPA Acrylamide Panel
 Avandia Panel Chair Spoke for Glaxo; FDA Waives Waiver
 OMB Casts Cloud of Confusion on Ozone Risks
 Scientists Challenge NIH Findings on Bisphenol A
 House Panel Presses White House on Global Warming Science
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/30/2007

 Scientists' Whale Protection Efforts Navigate White House Opposition
 Where Did EPA Grants to Non-Profit for Pork Farm Cleanups Go?
 BLM’s Analysis of Herbicide Effects Falls Short
 Conflicted Members Sit on EPA Lead Review Panel
 Fraudulent Science Study Retracted
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/16/2007

 Conflicted Docs to Vote at High Profile Avandia Hearing
 Hospital Exec Touts Asthma Device, Silent on Hospital’s Role
 Green Chemistry Bill Soars through House Committee
 Former Surgeon General Decries Administration Censors
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/09/2007

 FDA Issues Three Waivers for Back Device Panel
 Klamath Panelists Challenge Interior's Use of NAS Study
 Politics Endanger Species Safety Net
 Carbon Footprint of Livestock Glossed over in Live Earth Fanfare
 NIH Director Testified in Asbestos Cases While on Gov't. Payroll
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/02/2007

 EPA Short List Long on Candidates, Short on Disclosure
 House Members Decry Cheney Role in Salmon Die-Off
 Hearing Airs Rx Firm Influence over Prescribing, Medical Education
 Philip Morris to Study “Safer” Cigarettes at University-Linked Park
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/25/2007

 Limits on FDA Advisory Committee Conflicts Clear Hurdle
 Groups Challenge EPA’s Rollback of Toxics Reporting
 EPA's Proposed Ozone Standard Draws Immediate Protests
 Hunters Bag Cooperative Conservation Agreement
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/18/2007

 Cell Phone Assn. Involved in NAS Deal
 Owl Scientists Cry Foul over Species Recovery Plan Revamp
 Conflict of Interest Charges Roil Cochrane Collaboration
 Polluters Cite Oil Industry-Funded Scientist to Cloud Ozone Picture
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/11/2007

 Consumer Groups Protest NAS Panel Weighing Cell Phone Research Agenda
 Funding Source Predicts Statin Trial Results, Study Says
 Did FDA, Glaxo Try to Silence Critics?
 EPA Officials Fly Free on Industry Nickel
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/04/2007

 Von Eschenbach: FDA Wants Closer Ties with Industry . . .
 . . . While Avandia Study Author Alleges FDA Smear Campaign
 Exxon Shareholders Axe Alternative Energy Push
 Help Wanted: Independent Toxicologists
 Should Shrek Disclose?
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers:

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/29/2007

 Consumer Groups Seek Avandia Panel without Industry Ties
 Drug Industry Gifts Make Gastro-Conference Easier to Digest
 Stanford Sides with Nuns Against Exxon
 Self-Censorship at Smithsonian
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/21/2007

 Health Advocates Want Biz Consultants off EPA Asbestos Committee
 Some Medical Educators Skirt New Rules
 Did Politics Delist Arizona Eagles?
 Safeguards Sought On $500 Million BP Grant
 P.R. Ignores J&J Funded Vaccine Study
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/14/2007

 While Senate Snubs Conflicts Limit in FDA User Fee Bill . . .
 . . . A Conflict-Free Panel Seeks Tighter Limits on Anemia Drug
 Few Waivers Eliminated by FDA’s Proposed Guidance
 EPA Spring Cleaning: Dismantling Libraries, Clearing Out Labs
 Cheers and Jeers
 Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/08/2007

 Senate Mulls Curbs on FDA Financial Ties
 Stanford and UC May Kick Big Tobacco Off Campus
 Interior Official Who Fed Industry Inside Info Resigns . . .
 . . . While Scientists Protest Interior’s Endangered Species Rule
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/30/2007

 No Decline in Drug Industry Gifts to Physicians
 Anti-Allergy Activists Fail to Disclose Patents, Corporate Ties in Journal
 New Communication Policy Muzzles Science Agencies, Advocates Say
 FDA Questions Eli Lilly on Zyprexa
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers
 Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/23/2007

 Medicare Proposes Paying for Comparative Clinical Trials
 Senate Committee Moves Flawed FDA Reform Bill
 NIEHS Still Outsourcing Environmental Health Perpsectives?
 One On, Two Conflicted Scientist Off EPA Air Pollution Panel
 NEJM Bars Industry-backed Prof for Leaking Trial Results
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/16/2007

 Senate FDA Bill Lacks Strict Conflict of Interest Guidelines
 Iowa State Gives Conoco Special Alt-Energy Deal
 Conflicted Kidney Docs Snub FDA on EPO
 Bush Backs Away from Controversial Nominees
 Bush Ups Ante at Regulatory Agencies
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/09/2007

 Health Sciences Agency Limits Ties with Conflicted Contractor
 Bush Recess Appointments Draw Fire
 “Independent” Pet Food Task Force Includes Pet Food Co. Scientists
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/02/2007

 Inspector General To Reexamine NIH Conflict-of-Interest Cases, Oversight
 FDA Okays Conflicts on Committee Considering Merck’s New Pain Pill
 Interior IG: Top Wildlife Official Censored Endangered Species List
 Double Duty: Many Academic Leaders also Direct Health Care Corporations
 Odds and Ends
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/26/2007

 FDA Proposes Limiting Conflict-of-Interest Waivers; Consumer Groups To Push for Tougher Rules
 Cancer Drug Advisory Committee Grants Waivers
 FDA Pushes for Higher Prescription Drug User Fees
 Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/20/2007

 ExxonMobil Lobbyist: "I Had the Authority"
 Conflicted Kidney Doctors Dismiss FDA Anemia Drug Warning
 UCLA to Investigate Misconduct Allegations Surrounding Smoking Study
 Experts Protest FDA’s Drug Review Procedure
 (Cheers and) Jeers
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/12/2007

 Nutrition Review Questions Soda-Obesity Link . . .
 . . . While Report Says Industry Soda Studies Underplay Health Problems
 EPA Advisers Stick with Stricter Ozone Recommendation
 A Tale of Two Tests
 Government Silences Polar Bear Scientists
 Consultants Removed from BPA Panel
 (Cheers and) Jeers
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/05/2007

 BPA Decision to Rely on Industry Consultant's Report
 Who Pays the FDA?
 Positive Study Outcomes Associated with Financial Conflicts of Interest
 CEQ Agrees to Turn Over More Climate Documents
 Jeers
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/26/2007

 Report: FDA Fails to Find Advisers Without Industry Ties
 'State Climatologists' Stripped of False Titles
 CDC Vaccine Committee Accused of Whitewashing Thimerosal Dangers
 Positive Results More Likely in Breast Cancer Trials Involving Drugmakers
 Cheers and Jeers
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/20/2007

 CDC's Vaccine Panel is Unbalanced, Advocates Say
 Prescription Project Aims to Stem Medical Conflicts of Interest
 Purdue Clears 'Bubble-Fusion' Researcher
 EU Supports Open Access to Scientific Research
 Cheers and Jeers
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/12/2007

 Breaking the Silence
 FDA Whistleblowers to Testify Before House Panel
 Drug Industry Influences National Anti-smoking Policies
 Climate Program Chief Addresses Censorship Allegations
 Former Colorado U. Teacher Drops Wrongful Termination Claims
 Cheers and Jeers
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/05/2007

 AEI Offers $10K to Scientists Who Dispute Climate Study
 BP Taps Berkeley, Illinois for $500M Biofuels Effort
 Hearing Airs Attempts to Silence Climate Change Scientists
 Stem Cell Researchers Divided on Cash for Eggs
 Journal Failed to Disclose AIDS Researchers' Funding
 Child Psychiatrist Helped Drug Firm Hide Paxil's Link to Teen Suicides
 Bush Order Centralizes Regulatory Power
 Cheers and Jeers
 Odds and Ends
 Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/29/2007

 NKF Cloaks Conflicts on Eve of Crucial Meeting
 Journals Fight Open-Access Movement
 EPA OKs Charity Promos on Bleach
 Panel on Hormone Guidelines Rife With Conflicts
 NAACP Touts High-Cost Heart Drug After Contribution
 Hearing To Examine Political Influence on Climate Change Scientists
 Researchers Who Get Pharma Funding More Likely to Back Nicotine Replacement Therapy
 Cheers and Jeers
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/22/2007

 NIH Halts Neonatal Herpes Session after Protest
 EPA to Announce NOx and SOx Panel Members This Week
 COI Waivers Abound at FDA Despite Curbs
 Cancer Docs Adopt Strict Disclosure Policy
 Experts Develop Model Language to Help Researchers Disclose Financial Interests
 UC Regents Weigh Whether Schools Should Shun Tobacco Money
 Odds and Ends
 Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/16/2007

 National Research Council Sinks OMB Risk Assessment
 EPA 'Short List' for Clean Air Panel Includes Scientists With Industry Ties
 UCLA Bans Drug Makers' Gifts to Docs
 Industry Funding and Research Outcomes Linked in Psychiatry Studies
 ACOEM Mold Review Relied on Authors Paid to Testify in Mold Suits
 Trial Lawyers Backed Researcher Who Linked Autism to MMR Vaccine
 NIH Finds Former Pitt Scientist Falsified Data on Embryonic Stem Cells
 Study Finds Ghost Authorship Common in Industry-Funded Studies
 Cheers and Jeers
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/08/2007

 Industry Funds Sweeten Outcomes of Beverage Studies
 Industry-Funded Scientists Answer Call on Cell Phones
 NEJM Finally Prints Perspective, But Removes Conflict-of-Interest Angle
 NIH Meeting on Neonatal Herpes Dominated by Glaxo’s Hired Hands
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/18/2006

 Conflicts Surface at Maryland Stem Cell Commission
 USGS Scientists Resist New Review Policy
 Glaxo-Paid Docs, Medscape Push Questionable Anti-Herpes Treatment
 Biologist Admits Study Used Fake Images
 Fraud Charges Lead Authors to Retract DNA Paper
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/11/2006

 Conflicted Scientists to Sit on FDA Board Weighing Suicide Risk from Antidepressants
 FDA Board Weighing Ketek's Safety Waives Seven Members
 Scientists Face Threats, Censorship for Work on Global Warming
 New EPA Procedures Squash Scientific Review
 NIH Scientist Admits Conflict of Interest
 Elsevier Claims New Ethics Policy on Tap
 Troubled Canadian Medical Journal Gets New Editor
 FDA Warns Prof Who Profited from Heart Device Trial
 Purdue Investigates 'Bubble-Fusion' Research
 On Richard Doll
 Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/04/2006

 FDA Stents Panel Filled with Conflicted Physicians
 Outside Panel Report, Science Ignore Failure to Disclose Patents in Hwang Scandal
 Did a Study of Glaxo's New Herpes Drug Mistreat Pregnant Women?
 Blackwell Publishing Wants Its 800+ Journals to Beef Up Ethics, Disclosure Policies
 Pfizer, Scripps Research Institute in Sweetheart IP Deal
 Urologists Turn to Profitable Therapy for Prostate Cancer
 The Sun Fails to Disclose Doctor's Funding from Vaccine Industry
 Dems Express 'Serious Concerns' About EPA Library Closures