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The latest stunner from Sen. Charles Grassley’s investigation into drug company payments to doctors and researchers involves one of the country’s leading psychiatrists, Emory University’s Charles B. Nemeroff. The NYT’s Gardiner Harris reports that Nemeroff failed to report at least $1.2 million in income he received from consulting contracts with drug makers between 2000 and 2007.
In doing so, Nemeroff violated Emory’s rules, as well as federal research guidelines, Gardiner writes. After the NYT story broke, Nemeroff “voluntarily” stepped down as chairman of Emory’s psychiatry department, at least temporarily. Gardiner writes:
