Links with pharmaceutical companies declared for 5 of 15 advisors on pandemic
The World Health Organization has released the names of experts with ties to the pharmaceutical industry who advised the UN agency about the swine flu pandemic.
Of the 15 experts the WHO used when deciding to designate the H1N1 outbreak a pandemic, six declared potential conflicts of interest, including receiving support from the pharmaceutical industry and vaccine manufacturers.
The experts were from the fields of epidemiology, public health, international air travel and health and came from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America, according to a list posted on the UN health agency’s website on Wednesday.
The list named the following individuals: Read more…
