The Blue Ridge Academic Health Group

Managing Conflict of Interest in AHCs to Assure Healthy Industrial and Societal Relationships

Members and participants

Members

Enriqueta C. Bond, PhD, President, Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Darryl Kirch, President, Association of American Medical Colleges

Catherine DeAngelis, MD, Editor in Chief, Journal of the American Medical Association

Haile T. Debas, MD, Executive Director, Global Health Sciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco

*Don E. Detmer, MD, President and CEO, American Medical Informatics Association; Professor Emeritus and Professor of Medical Education, University of Virginia

Arthur Garson, Jr. MD, MPH, Vice President and Dean, School of Medicine, University of Virginia

Michael A. Geheb, MD, Division President, Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center/Heritage Hospital

*Michael M.E. Johns, MD, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs; CEO and Director, The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University

Jeffrey Koplan, MD, MPH, Vice President for Academic Health Affairs, Emory University

Steven Lipstein, President and CEO, BJC HealthCare, St. Louis

Arthur Rubenstein, MBBCH, Dean and Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD, Vice President and Executive Dean for Health Sciences; Dean, College of Medicine; CEO, Ohio State University Medical Center

John D. Stobo, MD, President, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Bruce C. Vladeck, PhD, Interim President, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Steven A. Wartman, MD, PhD, President, Association of Academic Health Centers

Invited Participants

Claudia Adkison, JD, PhD, Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Emory University

Mark Barnes, JD, Partner, Ropes and Gray

Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD, Dean, Harvard Medical School

Per Peterson, MD, PhD, Chairman, Research and Pharmacology, Johnson & Johnson

Barbara S. Fox, PhD, Oxford Bioscience Partners

Staff

Janet Waidner, Executive Administrative Assistant, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University Editor

Jonathan Saxton, MA, JD, Special Assistant for Health Policy, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University

Design

Peta Westmaas Design Inc.

*Co-Chairs

Finding #1: COI matters a great deal to the public. 8

Finding #2: COI mostly occurs not as a “headliner” issue but rather in ways that are cumulative, less immediate, and more subtle—and perhaps even more damaging in the long run. 8

Finding #3: The academic, professional, and nonprofit sectors have been slow to address COI policy and implementation. 9

Finding #4: There is a lack of coordination or standardization of COI policies and implementation/enforcement. 9

Finding #5: The academic/nonprofit/government sector has failed to be proactive in educating the public about the many relationships with the private sector and about the measures being taken to protect the integrity of bioscience and health care. 10

MAnAGinG ConFliCT oF inTEREST in AHCS To ASSURE HEAlTHy indUSTRiAl And SoCiETAl RElATionSHiPS is tenth in a series of reports produced by the Blue Ridge Academic Health Group. The recommendations and opinions expressed in this report represent those of the Blue Ridge Academic Health Group and are not official positions of Emory University. This report is not intended to be relied on as a substitute for specific legal and business advice.