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November 4, 2009

UCSF’s Lo, Bero featured as experts in NYT article on medical-industry disclosures

Bernard Lo, MD, professor of medicine and director of the UCSF medical ethics program, was featured in a New York Times page 1 “Business Day” section article and accompanying sidebar on “sunshine” provisions, which are under consideration in Congress as part of health care overhaul legislation. The provisions are intended to shed light on the financial relationships between the medical industry and doctors. Lisa Bero, PhD, UCSF professor of clinical pharmacy, also was cited.
 
Lo chaired an Institute of Medicine committee that issued a report in April calling on Congress to mandate industry disclosure of payments to all kinds of health care providers, medical researchers, medical institutions, professional medical associations, industry-sponsored foundations and disease advocacy groups. Bero also was a member of the committee. The IOM is a nonprofit, public policy advisory group that is part of the U.S. National Academies.
 
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Page 1 of “Business Day” section: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/health/policy/04sunshine.html

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