A marketing partnership between the Arthritis Foundation and McNeil Products stirs controversy among rheumatologists |
Backers of the partnership argue that it is a savvy way to generate research funds and attention for fighting the disease in an increasingly competitive climate for nonprofit organizations and research foundations. David Pisetsky, a professor of medicine and codirector of the arthritis center at Duke University Medical Center who also chairs the foundation's national research committee, characterizes the joint venture...
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