Krimsky, Sheldon.

Science in the private interest : Has the lure of profits corrupted biomedical research? / Sheldon Krimsky. - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003. - xiv, 247 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliogr. references and index.

Stories of the unholy alliance -- University-industry collaborations -- Knowledge as property -- The changing ethos of science -- The redemption of federal advisory committees -- Professors incorporated -- Conflicts of interest -- A question of bias -- The scientific journals -- The demise of public science -- Prospects for a new moral sensibility in academia -- Conclusion: Reinvesting in public interest science.

074251479X (alk. paper)


Medicine--Research--Finance.--United States
Academic-industrial collaboration--United States.
Biotechnology industries--United States.