A while back I posted an item about scientific articles being "ghostwritten" by professional outfits, hired by pharmaceutical companies to author scientific articles, after which the names of well-known scientists and researchers are substituted or added as authors. Well, the issue is really heating up now.
The Chicago Tribune published an article on August 20, 2009, talking about a program called CASPPER. Funded by GlaxoSmithKline, many of the articles focus on the antidepressant drug, Paxil. Here is a link to that story.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-glaxosmithkline-ghostwriting,0,4281174.story
The Wall Street Journal is also in the fray:
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/08/20/caspper-glaxosmithklines-friendly-ghostwriting-program/
Yesterday, The New York Times posted a similar article detailing how another company used ghostwriters to prepare scientific papers for publications in major medical journals. Check out this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/health/research/19ethics.html
In academia, we would probably call this plagiarism and haul any offenders before the Student Conduct Committee. Look for more on this subject.
The Chicago Tribune published an article on August 20, 2009, talking about a program called CASPPER. Funded by GlaxoSmithKline, many of the articles focus on the antidepressant drug, Paxil. Here is a link to that story.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-glaxosmithkline-ghostwriting,0,4281174.story
The Wall Street Journal is also in the fray:
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/08/20/caspper-glaxosmithklines-friendly-ghostwriting-program/
Yesterday, The New York Times posted a similar article detailing how another company used ghostwriters to prepare scientific papers for publications in major medical journals. Check out this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/health/research/19ethics.html
In academia, we would probably call this plagiarism and haul any offenders before the Student Conduct Committee. Look for more on this subject.
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