“Hyperscrutiny” of Academic-Industrial Relationships: Potential for Unintended Consequences—A Response
In the current environment, academic-industrial relationships are coming under intense scrutiny from government and other regulatory bodies. Although there clearly have been incidents of abuse in these relationships, academic-industrial collaboration is an engine that drives innovation in the biomedical sciences in this country. The academic radiology community must ensure that the societal benefits of these relationships are not sacrificed via “overregulation.”
aDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
bAcademy of Radiology Research, Washington, District of Columbia
cDepartment of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Corresponding author: Steven E. Seltzer, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Radiology, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
Disclosures: Drs Seltzer and Arenson are members of the GERRAF Board of Review and have received honoraria from GE Healthcare for this service in the past. GE Healthcare is a dues-paying member of the Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research, a subsidiary of the Academy of Radiology Research.
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