In recent decades, academic science has increasingly been directed toward commercializable
ends by neoliberal governments. In this article, I outline a concern that academic …

In this article I report on an investigation of the pharmaceutical industry's influence in medical
education. Findings are based on fifty semi-structured interviews with medical students in …

Objectives The aim of the study was to identify the range of issues labeled as “non-financial
conflicts of interest” in biomedicine, articulate the associated concerns, and analyze the …

In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, blood collection agencies (BCAs) around
the world are operating under unprecedented conditions. As social scientists in donor …

Background: In their landmark report on the “Principles and Practice of Screening for
Disease”(1968), Wilson and Jungner noted that the practice of screening is just as important for …

Introduction The education of medical students should be based on the best clinical information
available, rather than on commercial interests. Previous research looking at university-…

Background and Objectives Plasma has become an essential ingredient for various medical
treatments. Many blood collection agencies rely on voluntary non‐remunerated donation …

Enthusiasm for so-called 'personalized' or 'precision' medicine has encouraged the growth of
the molecular diagnostics industry and the proliferation of high-priced proprietary tests that …

Governments and academic institutions have embraced the importance of commercializing
research through the late twentieth century. In this study, we seek to understand scientists’ …

Background and Objectives To address a national concern over the sufficiency of plasma,
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) initiated a proof‐of‐concept programme with three new …