The American Psychiatric Association has called an end to Pharma-sponsored CME and meals at their meetings. (via NY Times) Pharma-sponsored fellowships, ads in the group’s journal and exhibits at meetings will continue, however.
In the past year, two prominent academic psychiatrists have been investigated for failing to disclose drug-industry income, and the APA itself has been faced scrutiny by Congress for the close financial ties of its leadership to the pharmaceutical industry.
The APA joins the Oregon State Association of Family Physicians, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the Massachusetts Psychiatry Society in banning pharma-sponsored CME.
