What are the issues surrounding drug companies funding of research studies for medications?
Critics point out that researchers who advocate the use of psychiatric medications receive enormous support from drug companies. The critics believe that these industry-funded studies unduly influence doctors’ decisions. MORE: Comments from experts interviewed for this FRONTLINE report — … Stanford University’s Dr. Kiki Chang, a top researcher on bipolar in children who has consulted for several pharmaceutical companies, discusses the need to find money for more research and the “uneasy partnership” that arises when that money comes from pharmaceutical companies … Dr. David Axelson of the University of Pittsburgh explains why he doesn’t accept money from the drug industry … and Merrill Goozner, a critic of the pharmaceutical industry, lays out in his interview the conflicts of interest he sees among the medical community, the pharmaceutical industry and the FDA.
