The David Healy Affair
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Description: David Healy is an expert in psychiatric medicine. His job offer was abruptly rescinded due to claims he made about Prozac causing suicidal behaviour in a small percentage of cases. Some say this was due to pressure from Prozac's manufacturer. Site contains the contested lecture, letters and a transcript of a documentary.
The David Healy affair : drug money and academic freedom There has been international media coverage of the events surrounding the University of Toronto's withdrawal of a formal job offer to the psychiatrist David Healy. Interest has been aroused because of the suggestion that the job withdrawal was a consequence of the clash of interest between academic freedom and the commercial interests of pharmaceutical companies. Indeed, these specific events have raised much more general concerns about the possible influence of large corporations on intellectual debate in Western democracies.
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| Page title: | The David Healy affair : drug money and academic freedom |
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| Description: | drugs, money and academic freedom |
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| Date | Creation Date: 28-jun-2001 Expiration Date: 28-jun-2014 |