Saving private practice? Navigating the legal and ethical minefield of physician-private equity deals
Saving private practice? Navigating the legal and ethical minefield of physician-private equity deals
While physicians face incredible pressures to consolidate or receive investment to survive, there are ethical, legal and practical considerations doctors must seriously consider before deciding to take private equity.
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While physicians face incredible pressures to consolidate or receive investment to survive, there are ethical, legal and practical considerations doctors must seriously consider before deciding to take private equity. How can they get the investment they need to keep their doors open without ending up drowning in litigation?
Experts who sit on national vaccine advisory panels are asked to disclose any industry ties and other conflicts of interest. But an investigation published by The BMJ today finds that disclosure standards differ widely, often leaving the public in the dark.
Investigation finds disclosure standards differ widely, often leaving the public in the dark
Experts who sit on national vaccine advisory panels are asked to disclose any industry ties and other conflicts of interest. But an investigation published by The BMJ today finds that disclosure standards differ widely, often leaving the public in the dark.
Investigative journalist Paul D Thacker looked at experts sitting on the covid-19 authorisation committees at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as those on the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises the government on vaccines.
Both the FDA and the UK government require panellists to disclose conflicts only from the previous 12 months, “which can miss significant financial payments that occurred in recent years,” he notes.
Friends: Longevity Secrets From Your Six Favourite Pals
Living Single girl myself, no one can deny the impact that the show
Friends has had on pop culture. As such, it’s no wonder that 17 years after the final episode aired, the whole world stopped to celebrate the news that the cast would be back for a reunion episode.
Of all the excitement that surrounded the news, it would be hard not to notice how great the cast has looked since the finale aired in 2003. So, how exactly have the world’s favorite friends managed their health, and what can we learn from them?