RJ Reynolds
Ucsf Reins in Faculty Research. Foundations Must Pay University, Open Books for Inspection.
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- aaa30d00
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- US COMPREHENSIVE REQUEST 374
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- Marginalia
- Date Loaded
- 23 Apr 2002
- 18 Oct 2002
- Depository Date
- 14 Mar 2002
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- LAW
- R&D
- WARD ME
- SR COUNSEL
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- San Francisco Examiner
- Krieger, L.M.
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APR, 9.1997 12:02PY paFnmsin facuuyrescru N0, 2698 P, 13/23
Whtic lt we* 1990, wheu the policy was first put Into sYllet, end souQht oomp}'tanoe," ha ssW.
"A8a Jul~ 1994, rwe were reelly st.rting to. Ydplaww. Bet,il+old of~eaple and aay, "fnough s
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eaough.
During this peAod Mmpeno's i~mdalioa wee hi[ed Aug aompenies to lest medioines
desi~nod to reduca the nslc of efrploe SI ~y: it eetned mislione of
dollats fram European deng ~ntp.nios to di~te at aieve8im 1D0hosy itals
aroimd the world, iaaludtug Harvard ,, Columbu and Steuford, UC smys it euned not6'mg from the
woclc.
"The tremd now will be to not.raise moncy throvgh outaide~,ro bMntlnouQh the universitys
development ol~'eice," eeid Patlason "We weoc toboast die QO level offhe univmsity -
aud dono:a -thst we know veLereihe mouey 4a goW
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UCSF reins in faculty research. ,
Foundations must pay anivenfty,'apea boolm for tnapecfiton
LtaaFX.lA1~R MEDICAL WAM
In an effort to gain control over faculty-nut teseareb fouud~ao:, UC-San Francisco Medieai .
Ceahs has tonghmed its rules and cotloc~d an esbsnated $16.5 mtgiOn 5aa I g such groups.
imivasity~~ also expocq to receive $32 milllop $~oon the pmmiaeot Anestbesia
responding pattlyto wMni tiseai disaatma. Most recently, the
Department of Anesdkesia's Dr. Dennis Mpigano failed to UCa~q uirod overhead
and direcx cob oa an eatimated $48 miftioa wortb ~prw~tooonaactts.In Febwry,
Maogano settled a iawsuit by agreeing to pay the university S mdlion.
Until 1994, the eampus did oot require rta'rasatoit gtaips toamp ty whh a strict University of
California requirement that they be awhoriaed and open their books to tbe university.
Now, though, UCSF wants to "boast the ca®fideno4 iavel of the university and donors that the run
modmator in thge o~ffi the of way vitix dwas uncelm~la fo~Uaiversity A~in s a11 od Plaing
co .
"Tbis administration considers this apri .: to move foiwud in an aggreaive menner and
bring them Into c~Ipiiaoca,' she said. ~
Tbe foundations - and rolated "suppect gioupt':-q~e noopso6t, tax-t~n~ orgraizations of UC
facuhy and ataftmembers wlw tuethp ns~e o~the uaive<sity, a medicai daperhneat, or madical
specialty to raiae maoey to support n~search, tbnrLiaa, p.t=t eare activitiea and miaceiianeous
expenses, from uudent loans to oflTCe redee~retiag.
The virtue of foundations
Foundations bave beea enamously popularon onppas beause tLey belp tetearcbers gain
prestige, foundations get big-moneY c0 andpa~ get aoaaaa to sh~te~ol~the-art
treatment The univemity, meanwhde, ga'ma fhvonble aua~oa wbea [aseerch findings are
published.
Some foundations mceive donations 5rom nladiqJ or patiented and their
families 4theni ha~ro been famded by faathy ~feea,i drug tnals, research
grants u and and swiinlttoce, money was ' tbroueh a
co
g education oomsc dw* cguise
The money, invated in short term badc+aoouqts, is used to flmd anyddog the university is too
alow to do ar witl not permit, cucb as &onity or student ioaas.
A percentage of tbe mouey stwuWgo to the univasity In exchange for use of the UC name, staff,
and &oiiities, according to university poiicy.'Ilut waf pot Viwaya the case.

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N0, 2696 P. 12/23
'My sense is tiut if iCs done proper , s t parf~ely fim to~p," said br. Stanton Ci1sMz, a
UCSF profassor of inedielne fimed set~qlt meo the.t~o oo Indtsay aad~ lio healeh.
"But people weco abaslag it, ehar~ng o>~'andiopere0e ootpants quitias.'I}k uaivmsity
tua tried to bria4 t6em t6iogs moro undaetlw umbrella to avoid those ahuaes.... The
Price You pay w~m you do tfiat is you t/~1se ~lits m1~0y." &iaqiffs complain about tha
~, that Independent fouodetiooc o~er them autonomy and the clmoe to qu' fund
The unhwsity charges too much for"ind4act oort"' rainhwevueK requires too much
f avvodc and will not allow cattan axpendituies, theX say~ And 9ay~ tlat donations
may
3 off if donoss fear tbeir aronay will end up in the umveslty 6udget, ralhtt t6aa in
labara0osiaa.
"1Leir fimction was to peovide a source and a moehsoism of lywing f~~unds ~t roaearc,h," said Dr.
William H.milton, former ~uir of the Depaptment of Amethesie. '"Ibe unir~pesity aever
provided mneb moneyfor eeftrcb, per ae. Wa ruyed tbe monies."
Fousteen famdtlioos remain .etive~ cegt~tto oontume raising money under the new
~staeo ,di°t~ ~~a~sddm~~t rad Ush ~~~and d~:` tax forms,
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ILe CardiwasoulerReseaach and Bdaoetiod:Pmdsdacn has ttstufei'r!S aboui$Z million to UC;
Radiology Rmarch aad $duca6on, $5.9 milliaa;'Chet Uan May See, $3.3 millioa
Uthera have dissolved, u~111io~ly with ts~lt [equasls md ather reqniremesAs.lhase
inedude the SF. Fouodat f~ and $daeAtiorrin Orthopedic Susgery and the Surgery
Fonndaoon.
"People are eoteepranaurid.11~y ~waot to be orset[ve, 49 +~th no malicious i~t. It Is
1Le nature of faculty.` said a[ICSF seie~t, eoiplela~~~v~~ wue disbanding. "What
heppens is t6at t6is eque~senousiel affort eooms in pon8iot with bme.ucnn.y. They don4 waet to
haveto follow t6e eulea.
No "sponsorad' metirch
UCSF waats to keep flmd raiswpg itrhouse, faeuity~~caa to work with its
devolopmeat o~ce raf6er thea tndependaoly~ hes pto4ibif~ lucrative "sponsored"
by drug cotapanies, In which sowentlft are paid by indus4y to test new medicines and
medical devives.
The U~~C regaats were slow to address the issoo. Fldtlt}; in 19119 and again in 1990, they
~tablIshcd a strict "eatifioetion"prpccclurp In asenee, a license to use university tr,sources.
~ had prolifezated at all nioe UC campuses, ant116eee was a aeer-umnediate
But UCSF didn't enforce the UC polioy for at last touryean atterthe r`vots' polky was
adopoed6ecawe many campus deputmants alre.r'(uy~heti+re and CwmaaUy successtbl
foundat~oa"s, ,~oa", wtqe Joe Cowan, t6ea-UCSF leppl cootdlns4or, in a oonfidential letter to the
ohanceuoria 1991. .
,
"Evm though the rogents' polioy defined suPP~ Y~Ps ~, ~'+mY ~4 ~
foondatiom met thsdefinrtioo, tLe (IJC3F) canspus4$f eot Mutm tbem to 0 orm to the
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policy," he wrote.
Faculty membeR routinely anteeed into dtftrahwd~y yFeemeaqnnag their ualversity afliliation
to wie cootirade, oiEm us the univenp~`s °addrea - but witLout oonsulting the
univers , WTfhout aatamg the uaivetsisjras p~tt ot"tl~ agreements and wi/hout diteCting
revenua ftm etndles to the univecsity. a
"No one hsd ever aded them to wmeiply, norisd we set up tha teooguitiaqProcOs that is
t~imonq ~ in the the M~m ~gsueasa jstanfyice ahtup~xilor for admmistzatlon William Neff, in cwurt
"The collective conclusion was tbat no one had rally eva gooe out to @uugorgaeizetioos after, I
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