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RECENT PRESS RELEASES   Additional Press Releases...
AMSA Commends PhRMA’s Gift Restrictions; Calls for Further Government Regulation (07/10/2008)

Medical Students Chosen for Exemplary PharmFree Leadership (07/08/2008)

Global Pulse Editorial Board Selected; New Issue Now Available (06/30/2008)

Nation’s Medical Students Seek Essential End of Life Care Skills (06/23/2008)

AMSA PharmFree Scorecard Grades U.S. Medical Schools on Conflict-of-Interest Policies; Only 7 Receive an ‘A’ (06/03/2008)


AMSA IN THE NEWS   More AMSA in the News...

Drug Swag Gets Bagged
(Brandweek - 07/10/08)

Drug group urges limits on gifts to doctors
(San Francisco Chronicle - 07/10/08)

New pharma ethics rules eliminate gifts and meals
(Associated Press - 07/10/08)

Demonstration on Capitol Hill to demand passage of PEPFAR bill
(AXcess News - 06/28/08)

Medical school gets bad grade on freebies
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/16/08)

Med school ethics in question
(Minnesota Daily - 06/10/08)

MBA Pursuit Opens New Doors, Opportunities for Physicians
(Physician's Financial News - 06/06/08)

Drug companies drain scientific brains from FDA
(USA Today - 06/03/08)

Survey of Medical Schools Is Critical of Perks
(New York Times - 06/03/08)

Medical school debt shrinks number of family doctors
(Sun-Sentinel - 05/29/08)

Group: No more corporate gifts for medical students
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 05/20/08)

Unleash the energy
(Modern Healthcare - 04/28/08, Subscription Required.)

Betting on Grad School
(Wall Street Journal - 04/27/08)

Advocates Deliver the Keys to PEPFAR Success
(RH Reality Check - 04/01/08)

State proposal for medical marijuana
(MLive.com (Michigan News) - 03/23/08)

Group fights drug promos
(The Daily Tar Heel (UNC) - 03/20/08)

Reps. DeFazio, Stark Introduce Bill To Require Pharmaceutical, Medical Device Companies To Disclose Physician Gifts
(Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report - 03/17/08)

Students hope to kick drug makers off campuses
(Houston Chronicle - 03/14/08)

Some Doctors Say No To Gifts
(Hartford Courant - 03/10/08, Letter to the Editor Written by Nitin Roper )

House passes partial forgiveness for medical student loans
(American Medical News - 03/10/08)

Medical students lobby
(The Birmingham News - 02/25/08, (4th paragraph))

Des Moines University students object to drug industry lobbyist's campus visit
(Des Moines Register - 02/20/08)

‘Crisis in Health Care’ Talk at First Unitarian Church
(Brooklyn Eagle - 02/01/08)

Care for an Éclair?
(North Coast Journal - 01/31/08)

Future M.D. says no to handouts of drugmakers
(News & Observer - 01/27/08)

USF doc's ties to pharma: Bad karma?
(St. Petersburg Times - 01/27/08)

Edison woman takes a global view
(Home News Tribune - 01/17/08)

Moving toward the day when justice just is
(Carrboro Citizen - 01/16/08)

The relationship between doctors, drug companies
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 01/11/08)

   
 


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