{"id":31005,"date":"2012-12-13T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=31005"},"modified":"2012-12-13T08:02:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T13:02:37","slug":"a-formidable-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/13\/a-formidable-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"a formidable opponent…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While there’s reason to be encouraged that awareness of the invasion of Medicine by the Pharmaceutical Industry is increasing and, at least in Psychiatry, PHARMA is moving away from flooding the market with CNS Drugs, there remain huge forces supporting the inappropriate medication waves that have played havoc with the rational practice of Medicine. One such force is the lucrative Clinical Research Industry – represented by the Association of Clinical Research Organizations<\/font><\/strong> [ACRO<\/a>]. They seem to have a finger in almost every pie you can think of, and the plates are spinning at light speed. One of their central issues is Globalization of Clinical Trials<\/a> for the obvious reason that it’s easier to outsource Clinical Trials abroad because of recruitment, cost, and speed. Take a look at this scientific article<\/a> showing that these trials are equivalent to US trials. Don’t miss the Conflict of Interest statement at the end:<\/p>\n

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests:<\/u>
The author(s) declared a potential conflict of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and\/or publication of this article: Dr Desai is a member of Shivani Enterprises Inc, which serves as a consulting organization to the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) on a contractual basis.<\/strong><\/sup><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But they’ve got their tendrils in every issue. One interesting place to look is their Partnerships<\/a> – there’s an organization lobbying for the other side of every issue you can imagine. For example, the front burner issue these days is Data Transparency. Well, check out the International Pharmaceutical Privacy Consortium<\/a> [IPPC] – spinmeisters using patient privacy as an excuse for data secrecy. Take a look at their Membership<\/a>. Or have a gander at a few of ACRO’s updates spread thoughout 2012: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
ACRO UPDATES<\/font><\/strong> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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December 12, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nPeddicord Elected to CDISC Board<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 28, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Statement Regarding Access to Medicine Index<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 27, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nTelevision’s Assault on Medical Research<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 14, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Comments on PCORI Methodology<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 13, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nPhysician Payment Sunshine Statement<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 14, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nNew ACRO Video Series Debuts<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 18, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nStatement on European Clinical Trial Rules<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 12, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nNo Regional Differences in Quality of Clinical Trial Data<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 6, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Pushes Global Trials Language in PDUFA<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 16, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Takes To Video To Advise FDA on Innovation<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 20, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Testifies to FDA on Clinical Trial Modernization<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 19, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Launches YouTube Channel<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 2, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Comment on Dateline NBC<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 17, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Comments on PCORI Research Agenda<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 17, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Comments on Physician Payment Sunshine<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 3, 2012 <\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\nACRO Comments on Washington Post Article<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

If you’re writing a dissertation on the use of spin in business communications, you’ll never find a more concentrated place for examples than this web site [backed by a 30 Billion Dollar industry].<\/p>\n

A formidable opponent… <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While there’s reason to be encouraged that awareness of the invasion of Medicine by the Pharmaceutical Industry is increasing and, at least in Psychiatry, PHARMA is moving away from flooding the market with CNS Drugs, there remain huge forces supporting the inappropriate medication waves that have played havoc with the rational practice of Medicine. One […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31005"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31016,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31005\/revisions\/31016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}