http://hcrenewal.blogspot.ca/2013/12...or-profit.html

Obama, what happened to you? Former US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders championed the underserved communities, affordable health care, and real efforts to enhance public health. I well remember C. Everett Koop who was responsible for championing the cause of cigarette cessation, and brought public awareness and assistance to the treatment of AIDS. What, there are no true public health minded physicians who could assume this role? Let's further the power hold business has on our public health system. Sheesh. I am searching for a petition to sign against this nominee. I passionately believe in separation of public health/health education and welfare from the commercial segment much as I passionately believe in separation of church and state.--Madelyn


"...Dr Murthy superficially seems to come from this tradition. The Globe article noted his "professional life as a Brigham and Women's Hospital [a prestigious Harvard teaching institution] physician."

However, Dr Murthy was also described by the official statement nominating him to be surgeon general as "Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of TrialNetworks, formerly known as Epernicus, since 2007." The Globe called it a "software start-up company in Needham ... to help drug developers efficiently collect information from clinical trials."

But wait, an op-ed in early December in USA Today called him a "self described passionate entrepreneur" and "a part-time physician and a full-time businessman." In fact, the TrialNetworks web-site describes a company that provides sponsors and CROs the industry's only Clinical Trial Optimization System. Using this modern and intuitive cloud-based technology, customers such as Merck & Co. and Infinity Pharmaceuticals are able to transform the quality and efficiency of clinical operations at each stage of a trial from feasibility through closeout. Companies ranging from biotechs to Top-10 pharmas have implemented the TrialNetworks platform for use in Phase I-IV trials by more than 25,000 site staff in 60 countries..."