Does Corporate Funding Corrupt Science? – Panel Discussion

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This panel discussion took place on Mar 2, 2012

Some 65% of all research and development in the U.S. is funded by private interests. History shows that the corporate funding of scientific research can be problematic — the tobacco industry offers a potent example. When corporations fund science, is truth the ultimate goal, or is stockholder profit?
Please join five outstanding scholars and teachers as they take part in a panel discussion that asks, “Does Corporate Funding Corrupt Science?”:

Lisa Bero, Professor of Health Policy, UCSFLisa A. Bero, PhD, is Professor and Vice Chair, Research, in the Department Read more [...]

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On March 2, Wonderfest joins the Stanford Chemistry Department in presenting Does Corporate Funding Corrupt Science?  When corporate money supports research, is truth the ultimate goal, or is stockholder profit? The tobacco industry seems to offer a potent example of “private” science gone awry. Can we establish general conditions of research funding under which truth always triumphs?
                               
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