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Drug, Alcohol, Food and Tobacco Symposium

A conference on “Industry-Medicine Relationships: Comparing Tobacco, Alcohol, Food and Pharmaceuticals” was held on November 2-3 with support from the American Legacy Foundation.

The goal of this conference was to develop and disseminate new knowledge on the relationship between industry and medicine by comparing practices of four major industries, tobacco, food, alcohol and pharmaceuticals (including medical devices). Issues to be analyzed: efforts by the four industries to influence medicine and how medicine responds. The conference brought together experts whose work pertains to these different fields.

This event was unique in that it will be the first time that scholars of all four industries will come together to present findings, make comparisons and analyze the implications of their findings across industries. The resulting papers will be compiled in an edited volume or a special issue of a leading health policy journal.  We will be updating publication status in the near future. Click here to read the Project Description Addendum, and see below for the presentations given at the conference.

Conference Presentations:

Conflict of Interest in Nutrition Research
Author : David S. Ludwig MD, PhD 

Conflict of Interest with Nutrition and Obesity
Author : Kelly Brownell, PhD 

Confusion, Contention and Collaboration: Alcohol Producers and Global Public Health
Author : Dave Jernigan, PhD

Joe Camel in a Bottle: Diageo, the Smirnoff Brand, and the Transformation of the Youth Alcohol Market
Author : James F. Mosher, JD

Alcohol Policy, Academic Medicine and the Alcoholic Beverage Industry
Author : Thomas F. Babor PhD, MPH 

Inventing Conflicts of Interest: Tobacco Industry Tactics
Author : Allan Brandt

Manipulation of Research: The Tobacco, Lead, Vinyl Chloride and Pharmaceutical Industries
Author : Lisa Bero PhD, Jenny White MSc, MPH

Organized Medicine, Tobacco Control, and Public Health: Syllogism or Disconnect?
Author: Peter Jacobson, JD, MPH

Responses to drug and device companies’ practices: Policies at U.S. Medical Schools
Author: Susan Chimonas, PhD

The Impact of Transparency on Industry-Medicine Relationships
Author: David J Rothman, PhD

American Legacy Conference

A conference on “Industry-Medicine Relationships: Comparing Tobacco, Alcohol, Food and Pharmaceuticals” was held on November 2-3 with support from The American Legacy Foundation...

 

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