Title: Science in the private interest : has the lure of profits corrupted biomedical research? /
Authors: Krimsky, Sheldon.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Moral Obligations; Conflict of Interest; Biotechnology; Biomedical Research ethics; Academic-industrial collaboration United States.; Biotechnology industries United States.; Medicine Research United States Finance; Biomedical Research ethics United States.; Biotechnology United States.; Conflict of Interest United States.; Moral Obligations United States.; United States
Abstract: How can an academic scientist honour knowledge for its own sake, while also using knowledge as a means to generate wealth? This text investigates the trends & effects of modern, commercialised academic science.
Contents: Introduction -- Tales of the unholy alliance -- University-industry collaborations -- Knowledge as property -- The changing ethos of academic science -- The redemption of federal advisory committees -- Professors incorporated -- Conflicts of interest in science -- A question of bias -- The scientific journals -- The demise of public science-interest science -- Prospects for a new moral sensibility in academia -- Conclusion: reinvesting in public-interest science.