Is it no longer a conflict of interest?
I only raise the question this morning after reading the latest in the ongoing dust-up over implanted defibrillators, where the latest company on the hot seat for selling flawed devices (St. Jude Medical) has accused the scientist who brought the situation to light — Dr. Robert Hauser of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation — of undercounting the deaths associated with their main rivals’ devices. Why does the metaphor “falling out among thieves” come to mind?