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Editorial
Nature 448, 388 (26 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/448388a; Published online 25 July 2007
California dreaming
Abstract
Universities should draw the line at certain types of support from the drug industry.
California, home to the largest public university system in the United States, is currently a battleground in a struggle over how to police perceived conflicts of interest at its medical schools. The university's campuses are trying to derail a proposal from its central administration that would clamp down on common drug-industry practices, such as the sponsorship of free lunches for medical students and the granting of general purpose, 'unrestricted' money to some faculty members (see page 394).
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