Healthy Skepticism Library item: 15897

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Publication type: Journal Article

Hahn J, Hargreaves R, Hinde A, Huggins JP, Cohen J, Gillen D.
An academia—industry partnership in health care
Lancet 2009 May 2; 373:(9674):1504-5
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60836-9/fulltext

Abstract:

UK medical undergraduate teaching in clinical pharmacology currently focuses on pharmacokinetics and therapeutics. Little attention is given to the broader discipline of pharmaceutical medicine, the drug development and regulatory approval process, and working with commercial companies. 1 However, since 2003, Pfizer and the Brighton and Sussex Medical School have formed a strong academia-industry partnership that provides a teaching programme to fulfil this need. We aimed to create a planned multi …