tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post8739549230612137630..comments2024-03-16T00:27:31.848-07:00Comments on Hooked: Ethics, Medicine, and Pharma: A Stealth Campaign to Shanghai CE Research?Howard Brodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599587504924835039noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post-38102430009791235772009-05-26T05:48:35.075-07:002009-05-26T05:48:35.075-07:00Thanks, Howard, for the hat tip. Sen. Max Baucus h...Thanks, Howard, for the hat tip. Sen. Max Baucus has sponsored legislation that would create a separate agency to conduct comparative effectiveness research, and readers may want to write to him suggesting that for such an agency to be truly effective, it must be independent in its governance. In a detailed memo to Baucus' staff, I suggested that stakeholders like PhRMA could have input into what research gets done through a "notice and comment" period, which would enable all stakeholders, industry and patient and physicians alike, to participate but not make the final determinations.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761000500749152223noreply@blogger.com