Read about Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa's ongoing investigation

Read The Boston Globe's article about Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa's investigation into whether Harvard child psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Biederman's association with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson influenced his research findings about their psychotropic drugs, and therefore harmed children.

It's great that the spotlight of publicity is being beamed onto possible abuse of trust and honesty in the medical profession. The powerless need to be protected from the abuse of power. Sleaze in the medical profession is especially reprehensible, and the drug companies have a poor record for transparency in their research findings.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley questions doctors' ties to drug companies

An influential U.S. senator is investigating the drug company connections of two renowned psychiatrists linked to the University of Texas System. In a letter to the UT chancellor's office, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said the two researchers, both of whom have received federal grants, have failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in income they received from drug companies. The university is required to keep records of such income on file. Dr. Augustus John Rush, a former researcher at UT-Southwestern in Dallas, and Dr. Karen Wagner, who works at the University of Texas Medical Branch, are the latest doctors to fall under federal scrutiny in a brewing national debate over the influence big pharmaceutical companies can wield over medical research.
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