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Government to Review Pfizer CIHR Appointment
I recently blogged about the appointment of Dr. Prigent, a VP of Pfizer Canada, to the governing board of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and of the resulting objection raised by leading Canadian bioethicists. I’ll reiterate the problem here, for completeness. Dr. Prigent is a drug industry representative who works for Pfizer Canada. Pfizer [...]
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The CMAJ recently reported that a Pfizer VP has been appointed to the governing council of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). Here are a couple of the criticisms raised over the appointment, as taken from the CMAJ article (I would encourage you to read it in its entirety): “The appointment is “very surprising and [...]
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- Guest: Surely the issue is not about Pfizer reps specifically on the CIHR governing board.? I feel the issue is more about a conflict of interest between...
- Jason Millar: I take your point regarding the market/business experience. My understanding is that the board is required (though maybe in a loose sense) to have the...
- Michael Karlin: It's not as contrversial as it seems. He is one vote of 17, and adds some element of market expertise to the group. Most of the Governing Council...
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