Implant Program For Heart Device Was a Sales Spur
Article Abstract:
Guidant Corp., which makes cardiovascular implants, paid cardiologists to evaluate one of their products. Although the company claims that this was product research, it is clear from Guidant's records that it was part of their marketing strategy.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
United States, Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Marketing procedures, Government regulation, Marketing, Personnel administration, Medical Instruments and Supplies, Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing, Legal/Government Regulation, Medical Instruments & Supplies, Methods, Usage, Laws, regulations and rules, Compensation and benefits, Cardiologists, Medical equipment and supplies industry, Medical equipment industry, Records and correspondence, Company marketing practices, Cardiovascular instruments, Implanted, Cardiovascular implants, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Medical test kit industry, Guidant Corp., GDT
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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KOREANS REPORT EASE IN CLONING FOR STEM CELLS
Article Abstract:
The news that South Korean reseachers have managed to improve the methods of growing human stem cells by using embryos cloned from skin cells will lead to more debates about ethics.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
South Korea, Innovations, Stem cells, Human cloning
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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Subjects list: Research, Ethical aspects, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental
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