American Medical Student Association

AMSA Releases PharmFree Scorecard Grading Medical Schools' Policies on Pharmaceutical Company Access and Influence

Published in Hospital Business Week, May 27th, 2007

Of all U.S. medical schools, only six received a grade of "A" on the American Medical Student Association's 2007 PharmFree Scorecard. The Scorecard, which ranks medical schools according to their pharmaceutical influence policies, is the first of its kind and provides students with important new information about their medical school choices.

"It is important that we work to keep our medical schools and teaching hospitals free of the influence of pharmaceutical companies," said AMSA National President Jay Bhatt. "PharmFree medical students become PharmFree doctors and that commitment to evidence-based medicine benefits our patients and our colleagues."

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2007-05-27)

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