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...When [Grassley] perceives that these financial interests are not fully disclosed and often not in the public interest, he steps in, and I say more power to him,” he said...
...Pharmaceutical industry ties have been a particularly hot issue at the Medical School this past year, prompting student protests last fall over the level of disclosure for professors receiving money from medical corporations, and bringing HMS national scrutiny this summer, when Grassley reported that psychiatrist Joseph Biederman of Harvard-affiliated Mass. General Hospital received $1.6 million in consulting and speaking fees from the makers of drugs he used to treat children for bipolar disorders...
...Grassley later accused psychiatrists at Stanford and Emory of failing to disclose similar industry ties...
...Grassley says medical schools are supported by taxpayer money and we expect that money to be used in an appropriate way,” he said...
...News article, "Bill Aims To Increase Transparency," incorrectly stated that David F. Torchiana, chairman and CEO of the Mass. General Physicians Organization, had criticized a bill sponsored by Senator Charles E. Grassley for not requiring itemization of payments and for having holes in its provisions. In fact, Torchiana generally praised the bill and his comments about the potential pitfalls of industry disclosing payments to physicians was directed at recent instances of industry disclosure and not specifically at Grassley's legislation...