{"id":2026777,"date":"2023-09-09T13:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T17:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-vulnerable-to-pharma-industry-bias-due-to-revolving-employment-door-study\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T13:15:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T17:15:48","slug":"government-vulnerable-to-pharma-industry-bias-due-to-revolving-employment-door-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-vulnerable-to-pharma-industry-bias-due-to-revolving-employment-door-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Government at Risk of Pharma Industry Bias Due to Revolving Employment Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgovernment-vulnerable-to-pharma-industry-bias-due-to-revolving-employment-door-study%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026777&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A \u2062New Study Reveals Government Vulnerability to Industry Bias<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/groundbreaking-study-shows-acupuncture-beats-injected-morphine-for-pain\/\" title=\"Groundbreaking Study Shows Acupuncture Beats Injected Morphine for Pain\">groundbreaking study published<\/a>\u200c in Health Affairs has shed light \u200don the concerning overlap between government and pharmaceutical jobs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-condemns-biden-for-comparing-lawmakers-to-nazis\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley condemns Biden for comparing lawmakers to Nazis\">raising questions<\/a> about potential industry \u2063bias within government agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The study, conducted by the University \u200cof \u200dSouthern California Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and Harvard University,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpolicy.usc.edu\/article\/study-of-revolving-door-in-washington-shows-one-third-of-hhs-appointees-leave-for-industry-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that over half of appointees to the\u200c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the\u200d Centers for Medicaid and\u2064 Medicare Services have left their\u2062 government positions to work in the pharmaceutical industry, which typically \u2064offers higher salaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The USC\u200b Schaeffer\u200c Center, commenting on the study, expressed concern about the potential pro-industry bias that could arise from this revolving door phenomenon, stating, \u201cAlthough\u2063 there are understandable reasons for people to move between the public \u2064and private sectors, such a revolving door could \u200dmake government agencies more vulnerable to pro-industry bias.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Key Findings of \u200cthe Study<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly a third \u200cof Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\u2064 appointees transitioned directly from government work to the\u2064 pharmaceutical industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Out of the \u2063766 HHS appointees evaluated, 15 percent had previously worked in the private industry before their appointment, and 32 percent went on to work \u200din the industry after their tenure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The study found no significant difference between party appointees when it came to transitioning into \u2064the pharmaceutical industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u200crevolving door between government\u200d and the \u200bpharmaceutical industry raises concerns due to\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-vulnerable-to-pharma-industry-bias-due-to-revolving-employment-door-study\/\" title=\"Study: Government at Risk of Pharma Industry Bias Due to Revolving Employment Door\">pivotal role federal agencies play<\/a>\u2063 in approving\u200d new drugs and treatments. Genevieve Kanter, \u200cone of the study&#8217;s \u2064authors from USC, emphasized the \u2064significance \u2062of regulatory agencies, stating, \u201cLaws passed by Congress get a lot of attention, but a\u200d lot \u2062of the real action actually happens at the regulatory level. Regulatory agencies can decide the fortunes of many companies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kanter also highlighted the limited measures \u200bin place to prevent overlap and bias, suggesting that current\u2063 laws may not adequately protect the government. She proposed expanding cooling-off laws to address the subtle effects of the revolving door phenomenon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In conclusion, \u2062the study raises important questions about the\u2064 potential biases that may arise from\u2063 the personnel flow between government and the pharmaceutical industry, urging further examination \u200band potential reforms to safeguard against industry influence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1693504018745000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1RMMjCvCBOBYdpkw5O_njE\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in the pharmaceutical industry. This raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest and the influence of pharmaceutical companies on public health policies. 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