“The mission of the Academy of General Dentistry is to serve the needs and to represent the interests of general dentists and to foster their continued proficiency through quality continuing dental education in order to better serve the public.”

2003 Corporate Sponsors

• 3M Corporation
• ESPE
• OraPharma
• Oral-B

(http://www.agd.org/corporate.sponsors/corporate.alliances.html, Accessed 5/2/03)

"A public-private partnership of more than 50 national organizations and government agencies representing education, health, fitness and nutrition, Action for Healthy Kids addresses the epidemic of overweight, sedentary, and undernourished youth by focusing on changes in schools to improve nutrition and increase physical activity."

Healthy Schools Summit

2005 Healthy Schools Summit Sponsors:

$150,000 +

$50,000 - $149,000

$20,000 - $49,000

Up to $19,000

O’Dywer’s PR Services reports that TASSC is “leading the charge against what it views as the unholy alliance between environmentalists and the media” (Feb. 1996).

The office of Stephen Milloy (executive director of TASSC) is in the headquarters of APCO Associates, a Washington, D.C., PR firm that specializes in creating coalitions like TASSC. (Village Voice, April 29, 1997, p. 39)

According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG) this “sound science” coalition is supported by hundreds of corporations, including 3M, Amoco, Chevron, Dow Chemical, Exxon, General Motors, Occidental Petroleum, Philip Morris, Procter & Gamble and W.R. Grace. Its objective is to act as a speakers bureau to deliver the corporate message that environmental public policy is not currently based on “sound science,” and to counter excessive regulations that are based on what it considers “junk” science.

TASSC, according to EWG, was created in 1993 to promote “sound science” in policy decision making. TASSC’s extensive advisory board contains well known “science skeptics” S. Fred Singer, Bruce Ames, Dr. Patrick Michaels, Michael Sanera, and Hugh Ellsaesser.

Steven Milloy, executive director of TASSC, is a self styled “junk science” critic who previously launched the Junk Science Page through the Environmental Policy Analysis Network (EPAN), a group he started in 1996. Milloy is also a lobbyist for the EOP Group, a DC-based lobbying firm that represents the American Crop Protection Association, the Chlorine Chemistry Council, Edison Electric Institute, among others. Under Milloy’s personal listing of groups he represents through the EOP Group in 1996 were Fort Howard Corp., the International Food Additives Association, and Monsanto. According to the most recent edition of Washington Representatives, Milloy’s client list has grown to include the National Mining Association, among others. (http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/clear/view/CV_Vol4_No16.html; accessed 6/17/03)

“Support comes from companies like Procter & Gamble, Exxon, Dow Chemical, and Philip Morris.” [http://www.villagevoice.com/ink/goetz.html] (4/23/97)

“[A] coalition of more than 500 businesses and trade groups... Created specifically to battle the clean air proposals, the coalition operates out of the offices of the National Association of Manufacturers, a Washington-based trade group. Its leadership includes top managers of petroleum, automotive and utility companies...” (The Washington Post, 6/17/97)

” The Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation (ABMRF) is a nonprofit independent research organization that provides support for scientific studies on the use and prevention of misuse of alcohol.”

Founded in 1982, ABMRF is primarily funded by the brewing industries of the U.S. and Canada. (http://www.abmrf.org/faq.htm#_1._General_Information; accessed 8/8/07)

Board of Trustees members with industry ties:

• Jeffrey Becker, President, The Beer Institute
• Howard W. Collins, President & CEO, The Brewers of Canada
• Anthony J. Cutaia, Ph.D., Director, Office of Health Issues and Brewing Technical Services (retired), Anheuser-Busch
• Craig A. Purser, President, National Beer Wholesalers Association
• John Sleeman, Chairman, President and CEO, Sleeman Breweries Limited
• Alan R. Timothy, Vice President Public Affairs, Coors Brewing Co.

( http://www.abmrf.org/trustees.htm/; accessed 8/7/07)

According to the Aug. 3, 2007 edition of Alcohol Issues INSIGHTS, an industry newsletter, "most of the Foundation's $2.3 million budget funds biomedical and behavioral research into the interactions of alcohol and health. Over the last 25 years, ABMRF has funded over 450 investigators who published over 1,750 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. During that same time, funding for research and conferences reached nearly $39 million."

An organization that is “dedicated to promoting proper antibiotic use and curbing antibiotic resistance worldwide...by raising public awareness through education and research projects on proper antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance.” (http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/About_us/about.html)

According to Reuters, APUA formed a coalition with Bristol-Myers Squibb, SmithKline Beecham, and the infectious diseases services company MRL to create the Global Advisory on Antibiotic Resistance Data (GAARD) to monitor antibiotic resistance (Reuters Health, 9/18/00)

According to its website, APUA projects are made possible through the support of private donations, government grants, individual memberships, and unrestricted grants from the following contributors:

• AB Biodisk
• AstraZeneca
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• The Clorox Company
• GlaxoSmithKline
• LIBRA Initiative, Bayer AG, Pharmaceutical Division
• Lilly Research Laboratories
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
• R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute of Johnson &Johnson
• Pharmacia Corporation
• Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
• Roche Pharmaceuticals and Roche Labs
• Abbott Laboratories
• Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Alcon Research, Ltd.
• Burstein Technologies, Inc.
• Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• DSM Anti-Infectives, B.V.
• Essential Therapeutics, Inc.
• Wyeth-Ayerst Research

(http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/About_us/corporations.html;accessed 7/16/02)

APUA 2003 Corporate Sponsors include:
Platinum Level ($25,000+)

• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
• Bayer AG, the LIBRA Initiative
• The Clorox Company
• Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Benefactor Level ($10,000-$24,999)

• AB Biodisk
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

Partner Level ($5,000-$9,999)

• Abbott Laboratories
• Alcon Laboratories

(APUA 2003 Leadership Award Announcement; received 09/09/03; on file with CSPI)

According to its website, the Alliance to Save Energy is a non-profit coalition of business, government, environmental and consumer leaders. The Alliance supports energy efficiency as a cost-effective energy resource under existing market conditions and advocates energy-efficiency policies that minimize costs to society and individual consumers, and that lessen greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate.

The following is a partial list of Alliance Associates; names in bold are Founders, which gave $25,000 or more in 2002:

• 3M Company
• ABB
• AT&T Foundation
• Alliance for the Polyurethane Industry
• American Gas Association
• Andersen Corporation
• Armstrong International
• Association of State Energy Research and Technology Transfer Institutions
• Battelle
• BC Hydro
• BP
• Brookhaven National Laboratory
• California Energy Commission
• Calmac Manufacturing Corporation
• CMC Energy Services, Inc.
• Cardinal Glass Industries
• CertainTeed Corporation
• City of Austin/Austin Energy
• Conservation Management Corporation
• Dewey Ballantine
• Edison Electric Institute
• Electricity Innovation Institute
• E-Mon LP
• EPS Capital Corp.
• Exelon Corporation
• Fannie Mae Foundation
• Gemstar Group
• Goodman Global Holdings, Inc.
• Great Lakes Window
• Home Depot
• Honeywell
• International Copper Association
• IBM
• Johns Manville
• Johnson Controls, Inc.
• Knauf Fiber Glass
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Lithonia Lighting
• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
• Maytag Corporation
• Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
• National Grid USA
• National Insulation Association
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
• North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
• Nexant, Inc.
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Ontario Power Generation
• OSRAM SYLVANIA
• Pacific Gas & Electric Company
• Perseus, LLC.
• Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• Sandia National Laboratory
• SchlumbergerSema
• Sempra Energy
• Solar Energy Industries Association
• Spirax Sarco
• Swagelok
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Texas A&M University—Energy Systems Laboratory
• Texas State Energy Conservation Office
• Washington Gas
• Whirlpool Corporation
• World Wildlife Fund
• Xenergy, Inc.

(http://www.ase.org/profess/associates/list.htm; accessed 2/24/03)

“The Alzheimer’s Association, a national network of chapters, is the largest national voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing Alzheimer’s research and helping those affected by the disease.”

Corporate Sponsors 2003 (partial list)

• Pfizer Inc.
• Eisai Inc.
• General Electric Financial Assurance - Long Term Care Division ($2.2M 2 million since 2000)
• Janssen Pharmaceutica
• The National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) (Close to $5 million)
• United Airlines

FY02 Fiscal Year 2002 donors of $2,000 to $150,000

• Amgen, Inc.
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• Eli Lilly & Company
• John Hopkins University
• Novartis Pharma
• SRC Division of Rossborough Supply
• Schering-Plough Corporation
• Self-Esteem Seminars, Inc.
• Walgreen Company

(http://www.alz.org/AboutUs/Sponsors.htm, accessed 5/2/03)

“The American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation is the philanthrophic arm of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

“The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is one of the largest national medical organizations, representing more than 94,300 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students nationwide. Founded in 1947, its mission is to preserve and promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure high-quality, cost-effective health care for patients of all ages.” (http://www.aafp foundation.org/x284.xml; accessed 5/2/03)

AAFP's "Americans in Motion" initiative to "improve the health of all Americans by implementing a multifaceted fitness program addressing physical activity, nutrition and emotional well-being," is supported by companies such as McDonald's and PepsiCo, Inc.(http://www.aafp.org/x22874.xml; accessed 4/14/06)

AAFP charges $3,000 ($200 for nonprofits) to endorse educational material (judgments made by a panel of 3). (AAFP/Cheryl Denslow, 11/97)

Corporate Partners (partial list)

$40,000+

• AstraZeneca
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Purdue Pharma LP
• Schering

$25,000

• Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Janssen Pharmaceutica
• McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals
• Ortho Biotech
• Pharmacia Corporation
• Roche Laboratories
• Wallace Pharmaceuticals
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

$15,000

• Abbott Laboratories
• Alcon Laboratories
• Aventis Pasteur
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• GlaxoSmithKline
• LipoScience
• Merck US Human Health
• Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals
• Pfizer US Pharmaceuticals Group
• Procter & Gamble
• Unilever Home and Personal Care
• Welch Allyn, Inc.

$10,000

• Bayer Corp., Pharmaceutical Division
• Chlorine Chemistry Council
• Kyphon Inc.
• Organon, Inc.
• Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories

$5,000

• Aircast Incorporated
• American Chemistry Council
• Campbell Soup Company
• CIGNA
• The Dow Chemical Company
• Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Exact Sciences Corp.
• Johnson & Johnson MERCK Consumer
• Kellogg Company
• Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
• MBNA Marketing Systems, Inc.
• Mead Johnson Nutritionals
• Medco Health
• Nestle USA, Inc., Nutrition Division
• Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Ortho Neutrogena
• Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
• 3M Pharmaceuticals
• SIGVARIS Incorporated
• TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.
• United States Potato Board
• Weight Watchers Foundation

$3,000

• AETNA/US Healthcare
• American Family Physician
• Bayer Corporation, Consumer Care
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
• California Academy of Family Physicians
• California Strawberry Commission
• Daiichi Pharmaceutical Corporation
• Family Practice Education Network
• General Mills, Inc.
• Gerber Products Company
• International Food Information Council
• Medical World Conferences
• MedUnite Inc.
• Nabisco Foods Group
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
• National Dairy Council
• Network for Continuing Medical Education
• Quaker Oats Company
• Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America
• Tanita Corporation of America
• The Brock/Toman Group of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
• The Sugar Association, Inc.
• Tropicana
• UCB Pharma
• Wallach Surgical Devices
• Wyeth Consumer Healthcare

(http://www.aafpfoundation.org/x284.xml; accessed 5/2/03)

“[AAN’s] mission is to broaden the base of support for public education and research in the neurosciences.”

The AAN's subsidiary, the AAN Education and Research Foundation, receives funding from the following corporate donors (partial list):

• Abbott Laboratories
• Acorda Therapeutics
• Allergan
• Amazon Contracting Corp.
• Amgen
• AstraZeneca
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• Bayer Corporation
• Berlex Laboratories
• Biogen
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Cephalon
• Child Neurology Society
• CME Unlimited
• Communication Mailing Services
• Crain Construction Company
• CRC Press, LLC
• Cyberonics
• Darling Alert System
• Dementia Guidelines Dissemination
• Demos Medical Publishing
• Eagle One Roofing Contractors
• Eisai
• Elan Pharmaceuticals
• Eli Lilly & Company
• Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Epilepsy Step One Meeting
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Grass-Telefactor, an Astro-Med Inc. Product Group
• Hall & Fox CPS’s P.C.
• Identity Printing
• Immunex Corporation
• Industrial Instrumentation Services
• Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
• Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services
• Janssen Pharmaceutica
• Jari Electrode Supply
• Keri Pickett Photography
• L & R
• Marathon Multimedia
• Janssen Pharmaceutica
• Jari Electrode Supply
• Keri Pickett Photography
• L & R
• Marathon Multimedia McGraw Hill, Medical Publishing Division
• Medicalliance
• Medtronic
• Merck & Co.
• Million Dollar Roundtable
• Minneapolis Neuroscience Institute
• Minnesota TwinsNeurology Initiative
• Nicolet Biomedical
• Nicolet Vascular
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals
• Orphan Medical
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
• Oxford University Press
• Oxford Instruments Medical
• Pfizer
• Pharmacia Corporation
• QUINTESSENTIALS™ Migraine Module
• QUINTESSENTIALS™ Epilepsy Module
• Rockpointe Broadcasting
• Sanofi-Synthelabo
• Schering Oncology-Biotech
• Schwarz Pharma
• Serono
• Shire US
• Sleep Multimedia
• SPIN
• Teva Neuroscience
• The Minnesota Vikings
• UCB Pharma
• Wallace Carlson Company

(Building a World that Understands Neurology, American Academy of Neurology 2001 Annual Report; On file at CSPI)

“The mission of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is to advance the lifelong learning and professional interests of ophthalmologists.”

Corporate Contributors (partial list)

• Akorn, Inc.
• Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
• Allergan, Inc.
• Eli Lilly and Co.
• IRIDEX Corp.
• Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
• Laser Vision Centers, Inc.
• Merck & Co., Inc.
• Novartis Ophthalmics
• Pfizer, Inc.
• Pharmacia Ophthalmology
• Software Systems & Solutions, Inc.
• Stereo Optical Com., Inc.

(The Gift of Sight, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Annual Report 2001-2002, On file at CSPI)

“The mission of the Academy is to credential multidisciplinary pain practitioners, to develop standards, to enhance education, and to promote legislative advocacy in the field of pain management.”

Corporate Contributors (partial list):

• Electromedical Products International
• Endo Pharmaceuticals
• Janssen Pharmaceutica

(http://www.aapainmanage.org/members/CorpList.php, accessed 5/02/03)

According to its website, “the AAPD Foundation welcomes the support of corporations who share [the] mission to improve the oral health of children.”

In March of 2003, the AAPD announced plans to receive an “unrestricted grant to support important clinical, basic and behavioral research” from the Coca-Cola Foundation. The New York Times reported the grant to be roughly $1 million. (New York Times, 3/4/03, p. A16) According to the AAPD press release, “this affiliation will also create public and professional educational programs, based on science, that promote improved dental health for children.” (http://www.aapd.org/media/pressreleases.asp?NEWS_ID=212; accessed 5/22/03)

AAPD Foundation Corporate Sponsors

3M ESPE will sponsor the 2003 Continuing Education Course, “Restorative Dentistry.”

Dentsply will sponsor AAPD’s Table Clinics at the Annual Session for $15,000. Dentsply design, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of product for the dental market.

MAM provided a $30,000 grant to support the Good Health Starts Here campaign. Good Health Start Here education messages also will be printed on MAM product materials. MAM is the designer and producer of age-specific baby products such as pacifiers, pacifier keepers, teethers, bottles and drinking cups.

OMNII Oral Pharmaceuticals sponsors AAPD’s annual OMNII Postdoctoral Fellowships. OMNII Oral Pharmaceuticals is a distributor of prescription medications in dental offices.

Oral-B Laboratories sponsored the Good Health Starts Here consumer survey and focus groups, for a total gift of over $103,000. Through the AAPD Foundation, Oral-B also donated 1 million oral care products, valued at $3 million, to Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, which is operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. WIC will deliver these products, including toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss, into the hands of needy children in Texas and Pennsylvania.

Phillips Oral Health supports AAPD’s Annual Session Welcome Reception for $25,000 and the Keynote Speaker.

Practicon, Inc., sponsors AAPD’s Pediatric Dentist of the Year Award with an annual grant of $5,000. Practicon provides products and services that help dentists maximize patient care, productivity and enjoyment in their practices.

Procter & Gamble is a major sponsor for Good Health Starts Here, the AAPD educational campaign. Procter & Gamble is a manufacturer and marketer of oral health care products including Crest Toothpaste and Toothbrushes, Scope, Fixodent and Gleem.

Space Maintainers Laboratory supports AAPD’s Board of Trustees Luncheons. Space Maintainers is the largest group of orthodontic/ pedodontic appliance laboratories in the world.

Treloar & Heisel sponsored the AAPD Foundation Member Reception at the Annual Session in Denver, Colo. Treloar & Heisel designs, provides and services quality insurance plans specifically for professional associations.

(http://www.aapd.org/foundation/donations/; accessed 2/24/03)

“Friends of Children Fund” Annual Report, July 1, 1996 - June 30, 1997, indicates $2.085 million in funding from corporations. Donors include Procter & Gamble, Gerber, Infant Formula Council, McNeil Consumer Products Company, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Abbott Laboratories, Wyeth-Lederle Vaccine & Pediatrics, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Schering Corp., Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Food Marketing Institute, Sugar Association, International Food Information Council, Merck Vaccine Division, and others.

Formula manufacturers “donate $1 million annually to the American Academy of Pediatrics in the form of a renewable grant that has already netted the AAP $8 million. The formula industry also contributed at least $3 million toward the building costs of the AAP headquarters.” (Mothering magazine, July-August, p.60; refers to a book Milk, Money and Madness by Naomi Baumslag and Dia L. Michels (Westport, Conn.: Bergin and Garvey, 1995, p. 172))

According to a New York Times article, the Ross Products Unit of Abbott Laboratories, the maker of Similac infant formula, purchased 300,000 copies of the AAP’s “New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding” with Ross’ logo and name on them. In addition, “Ross, McNeil and Johnson & Johnson were the top three corporate supporters of the academy’s $65 million operating budget...each giving $500,000 or more.” (New York Times, 9/18/02, C1)

Corporate Sponsors include:

• Abbott Laboratories
• Amgen
• Amylin Pharmaceuticals
• Andrx Laboratories
• Astra Zeneca
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Becton Dickinson & Company
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Eli Lilly & Company
• Genentech Inc.
• Genzyme Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
• King/Monarch Pharmaceuticals
• KOS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• LifeScan, Inc.
• Sankyo Pharma
• Solvay/Unimed Pharmaceuticals
• Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
• TheraSense, INC.
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

In 2005, the American Cancer Society and the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Inc. jointly sponsored the CEO Cancer Gold Standard, an initiative “to define what organizations can do to prevent cancer, to detect it early, and to ensure access to the best available treatment for those who are diagnosed with cancer. (see http://www.cancergoldstandard.org/index.html) The ACS partner in the joint project, the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Inc., was founded in 2001 by Robert A. Ingram, former chair of GlaxoSmithKline. It 2005 it was chaired by William C. Weldon, CEO of Johnson & Johnson. The ACS- and drug company-backed CEO Cancer Gold Standard program received an endorsement from Andrew von Eschenbach while he was interim head of the Food and Drug Administration. (Paul Goldberg, “Von Eschenbach Role in Industry Program Raises New Questions of Conflict of Interest,” The Cancer Letter, Nov. 23, 2005)

According to a story in the Sacramento News & Review, the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrances Association (CTFA) gives $10 million annually to the American Cancer Society's “Look Good, Feel Better” makeup program for cancer patients. ACS refused to support a 2005 California bill requiring labeling of all toxic chemicals in cosmetics, claiming the science did not support the measure. (11/9/2005)

According to Advertising Age, the ACS was involved in a deal with General Mills to include information on packages of Wheaties (1/17/00; p. 54).

According to a story in the New York Times, “The American Cancer Society ... has endorsed Florida orange juice.” (8/13/97). See also World Tonight News With Peter Jennings (8/13/97); The Osgood File, CBS News (8/13/97). An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine stated: “And why should the American Cancer Society endorse only SmithKline Beecham’s antismoking products?” Jerome P. Kassirer & Marcia Angell (9/4/97, p. 700) See also, Los Angeles Times (8/13/97). The ACS, however, denies that its actions are endorsements. Rather, it characterizes such transactions as a license for the “nonexclusive use of its logo on Florida orange juice and SmithKline Beecham’s antismoking products” in “exchange for monetary grants and other considerations used for the fight against cancer.” (e-mail to CSPI from William J. Dalton, Chief Counsel, ACS, 5/30/01)

The ACS’s “Cancer Facts & Figures - 1998” acknowledges on the front and back cover “a generous grant” by Glaxo Wellcome drug company.

2004 Corporate Donors ($100K+)

(Emphasizing drug, chemical and cosmetics companies, only a partial list is provided. See ACS’s Annual Report for a complete list of major contributors)

• Amgen Foundation
• Argosy Foundation
• BAE Systems
• Dow Chemical Corp.
• Fifth Third Bank
• General Motors Corp.
• Health Research Inc.
• Keybank National Association
• Novartis
• Pfizer
• Schwab Fund
• Time Warner Cable
• Toyota Motor Sales
• United Airlines
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
• Wells Fargo Bank

(American Cancer Society Annual Report 2004, http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/AnnualReport_2004.pdf; accessed 3/22/06)

“[A]n organization of allergists-immunologists and related health care professionals dedicated to quality patient care through research, advocacy and professional and public education.”

Its website is sponsored by an educational grant from Dura Pharmaceuticals. (http://www.allergy.mcg.edu/About.html; accessed 2/24/03)

Supporters of the American College of Cardiology gain recognition through the College’s Industry Alliance Awards program.

Recipients of the 2002 ACCF Industry Alliance Awards include:

Diamond Heart Award ($750,000 and above)

• Pfizer

Platinum Heart Award ($500,000 - $749,999)

• AstraZeneca
• Merck

Gold Heart Award ($250,000 - $499,999)

• Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company/Medical Imaging
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Silver Heart Award ($100,000 - $249,999)

• Boston Scientific Corporation
• Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership
• Genentech, Inc.
• Medtronic, Inc.
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
• Philips Medical Systems, Inc.

Bronze Heart Award ($10,000 - $99,999)

• Abbott Laboratories
• Acuson, A Siemens Company
• Amersham Health
• Biosound Esaote, Inc.
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Bracco Diagnostics Inc.
• Centocor, Inc.
• Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson company
• Datascope Corporation
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.
• GE Medical Systems
• Guidant Corporation
• JOMED
• Kos Pharmaceuticals
• Mallinckrodt Inc.
• Monarch Pharmaceuticals
• Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
• Pharmacia Corporation
• Scios Inc.
• Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
• Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Specialty Laboratories
• St. Jude Medical, Inc.
• The Queen’s Medical Center, Heart Institute
• Thermo Cardiosystems, Inc.
• 3M Pharmaceuticals
• Wyeth

http://www.acc.org/about/CorporateSupportCatalog2003.pdf;(removed);accessed 2/24/03)

“Pfizer was the leading sponsor [at the 2001 meeting in Orlando, FL], forking over $822,000 for the meeting.” (Wall Street Journal, 6/15/01, B1)

“ACG was formed in 1932 to advance the scientific study and medical treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.”

2001 Corporate Support

• AstraZeneca, LP
• Bayer Diagnostics
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Merck-Medco
• Ortho Biotech
• Procter & Gamble
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals
• Roche Pharmaceuticals
• Schering Oncology/Biotech

(http://www.acg.gi.org/about/institute/index.html; accesed 5/2/03)

2006 Corporate Supporters:

Benefactor

• AdvoCare International
• National Dairy Council

Sponsor

• ConAgra Foods, Inc.
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Kellogg's Corp Citizenship Fund
• Nutrilite Health Institute
• Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
• Pharmavite LLC
• Shaklee Corporation
• Tishcon Corporation
• Unilever Bestfoods
• InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc.

Friend

• Campbell Soup Company
• The Coca-Cola Company
• DSM Nutritional Products (Roche)
• Mead Johnson/Bristol Myers/Squibb
• Wyeth Consumer Healthcare VA

Basic Support

• Abbott Laboratories
• Novartis Nutrition Corporation

ACN sponsors the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, which failed to disclose the ties of the editor and authors of their June 2006 supplement on sodium to the food industry. (http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/watch/200610021.html#1; accessed 10/2/06)

“Received $548,000 from two of the four major formula makers in 1993.” (Mothering magazine, July-August 2000, p.60)

According to its website, the ACSM promotes and integrates scientific research, education, and practical applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life.

2002 ACSM partners include Gatorade, the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Reebok, Aircast, Ajinomoto (Amino Vital), Performance Health/Biofreeze, California Dried Plum Board, Chiron Corporation, EAS (Experimental & Applied Sciences), HealtheTech, LifeFitness, Mars, Incorporated, Merck, Medtronic Physio-Control, National Dairy Council, New Lifestyles, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Pharmanex, Procter & Gamble, Shape Magazine, Theraband, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. (http://www.acsm.org/partnerships/partner_spotlight.htm; accessed 2/24/03)

Based in Washington, D.C., the Council’s mission is to “help redefine and restructure U.S. tax, trade, and environmental policies so that this country can increase its pace of economic growth.” (http://www.accf.org/Mission.htm; accessed 10/11/01)

The Council’s Center for Policy Research received $80,000 from ExxonMobil. (http://web.archive.org/web/20011031010631/www.exxonmobil.com/contributions/
public_info.html; removed 6/27/01, reaccessed 11/25/03)

Board of Trustees

Maxine C. Champion, President, Champion Strategies; Paul R. Huard, Executive Vice President of Finance and Management, National Association of Manufacturers; Larry W. Pollock, Vice President and Director of Taxes, Weyerhaeuser. (http://www.accf.org/Mission.htm; accessed 6/29/01)

According to its website, the ACFN is an organization that advocates comprehensive, long-term strategies and constructive public policies for improving the health and wellness of all Americans, particularly youth, by promoting science- and behavior-based solutions focused on the critical balance between fitness and nutrition.

Members of the ACFN include:

• American Advertising Federation
• American Association of Advertising Agencies
• American Bakers Association
• American Frozen Food Institute
• American Meat Institute
• American Wholesale Marketers Association
• Association of Fund-Raising Distributors and Suppliers
• Association of National Advertisers
• Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturers Association
• Chocolate Manufacturers Association
• Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
• ConAgra Foods, Inc.
• Del Monte Foods
• Food Marketing Institute
• General Mills, Inc.
• Grocery Manufacturers of America
• Hershey Foods Corporation
• H.J. Heinz Company
• Independent Bakers Association
• International Bottled Water Association
• International Dairy Foods Association
• Kellogg Company
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Masterfoods USA
• McDonald’s Corporation
• National Automatic Merchants Association
• National Confectioners Association
• National Council of Chain Restaurants
• National Grocers Association
• National Restaurant Association
• National Soft Drink Association
• Nestle USA, Inc.
• Pepsi-Cola Company
• PepsiCo, Inc.
• Sara Lee Corporation
• Snack Food Association
• Sugar Association
• The Coca-Cola Company
• The Procter & Gamble Company
• The Quaker Oats Company

(http://www.acfn.org/about/members; accessed 2/24/03)

According to its website, ACSH "is a consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health." (http://www.acsh.org/about/index.html ; accessed 08/05/03)

The following groups contributed to ACSH, according to ACSH’s 1991 annual report. ACSH stopped disclosing corporate donors in the early 1990s.

$25,000 and above

• American Cyanamid Company
• Anheuser-Busch Foundation
• General Electric Foundation
• Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation
• ICI Agricultural Products, Inc.
• ISK Biotech Corporation
• Kraft, Inc.
• Monsanto Fund
• The NutraSweet Company
• John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
• Pfizer, Inc.
• Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated
• The Starr Foundation

$15,000 to $24,000

• Archer Daniels Midland Company
• Carnation Company
• Ciba-Geigy Corporation
• Ethyl Corporation
• Exxon Corporation
• General Mills, Inc.
• Heublein Inc.
• Hiram Walker-Allied Vintners
• Johnson & Johnson
• Kellogg Company
• The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc.
• Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council
• National Starch and Chemical Foundation, Inc.
• PepsiCo Foundation Inc.
• Union Carbide Corporation

$10,000 to $14,999

• Aetna Foundation, Inc.
• The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc.
• Chevron Corporation
• Dow Chemical U.S.A
• E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Company
• FMC Foundation
• The Gerber Companies Foundation
• Hershey Foods Corporation Fund
• Thomas J. Lipton Foundation, Inc
• National Agricultural Chemicals Association
• National Soft Drink Association
• The Procter & Gamble Fund
• Rohm & Haas Company
• Joseph R. Seagram &Sons, Inc
• Searle Charitable Trust
• Shell Oil Company Foundation
• Sterling Winthrop Inc
• The Sugar Association, Inc.
• Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc.

$5,000 to $9,999

• Alcoa Foundation
• Allied-Signal Foundation Inc.
• Amax Foundation, Inc.
• The Becton Dickinson Foundation
• Campbell Soup Fund
• Cargrill Fertilizer Division
• The Coca-Cola Company
• Cooper Industries Foundation
• Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
• Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
• Ford Motor Company Fund
• Frito-Lay, Inc.
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation
• Heinz U.S.A
• IMC Fertilizer, Inc.
• KPMG Peat Marwick
• McCormick & Company, Inc.
• Mobil Foundation
• National Live Stock & Meat Board
• Olin Corporation Charitable Trust
• PPG Industries Foundation
• Pepsi-Cola Company
• The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
• Simpson Fund
• The Stare Fund
• Sun Company, Inc.
• USX Foundation Inc.
• The Warner-Lambert Foundation

$1,000 to $4,999

• Ag Processing Inc.
• Alliance of American Insurers
• American Egg Board
• American Petroleum Institute
• ASARCO Incorporated
• Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
• Banbury Fund, Inc.
• Boardroom Reports, Inc.
• Borden Foundation Inc.
• Bristol-Myers Company U.S. Nutritional Group
• The Burroughs Wellcome Co.
• Chiquita Brands, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Foods
• Coltec Charitable Foundation, Inc
• Connair Inc.
• CPC International, Inc.
• Crompton & Knowles Corporation
• R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
• The Dover Fund
• Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
• GenCorp Foundation Inc.
• Hammond Lead Products, Inc.
• The Hartford Insurance Group
• Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
• Geo. A. Hormel & Co.
• Gulf States Paper Corporation
• Indianapolis Power & Light Company
• International Flavors & Fragrances Foundation, Inc.
• F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Group / Boston
• M & M Mars
• Midwest Grain Products, Inc.
• The Millipore Foundation
• Mobay Corporation
• Morton International, Inc.
• The Nalco Foundation
• National Cattlemen’s Association
• National Pork Producers Council
• Nestle, S.A.
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
• Phillips Petroleum Foundation, Inc.
• Reilly Industries, Inc.
• Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company
• Rockwell International
• Sandoz Corporation
• Sandoz Crop Protection Corporation
• Shell International Petroleum
• Maatachappij B.V.
• SmithKline Beckman Foundation
• The Stouffer Corporation Fund
• Syntex Corporation
• United States Sugar Corporation Charitable Trust
• The Upjohn Company
• Whirlpool Foundation
• Wine Institute
• Witco Corporation

(ACSH Annual Report, 1991; on file at CSPI)

ACSH Corporate Donors 1997:

(Yablonski, Christopher. Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy: A Mandate for Reform, Capital Research Center 2001, page 123: available at http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/x3760651772.pdf; accessed 8/5/03)

ACSH EXECUTIVE STAFF

• Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. President

ACSH BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• John H. Moore, Ph.D., M.B.A.
  Chairman of the Board, ACSH
  Grove City College
• Elissa P. Benedek, M.D.
  University of Michigan
• Norman E. Borlaug, Ph.D.
  Texas A&M University
• Michael B. Bracken, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Yale University School of Medicine
• Christine M. Bruhn, Ph.D.
  University of California
• Taiwo K. Danmola, C.P.A.
  Ernst & Young
• Thomas R. DeGregori, Ph.D.
  University of Houston
• Henry I. Miller, M.D.
  Hoover Institution
• A. Alan Moghissi, Ph.D.
  Institute for Regulatory Science
• Albert G. Nickel
  Lyons Lavey Nickel Swift, Inc.
• Kenneth M. Prager, M.D.
  Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Stephen S. Sternberg, M.D.
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Mark C. Taylor, M.D.
  Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
• Lorraine Thelian
  Ketchum Public Relations
• Kimberly M. Thompson, Sc.D.
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
  American Council on Science and Health
• Robert J. White, M.D., Ph.D.
  Metrohealth Medical Center, OH

(http://www.acsh.org/about/; accessed 6/13/03)

 ASCH's FY 2000 Corporate Funders include:

(American Council on Science and Health, FY 2000 I.R.S. Form 990 Filing; received 11/24/03; on file with CSPI)

AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION

American Dental Association has endorsed Crest toothpaste and at least 1,300 other products. (NYT, 8/13/97)

Corporate Sponsors of ADA Programs include:

• Crest Corporation
• Sullivan-Schein Dental
• DEXIS Digital X-ray Systems
• Ivoclar Vivadent

(http://www.ada.org/prof/pubs/daily/0301/0106gks7.html, accessed 5/2/03)

“The nation’s leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. The mission of the organization is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. To fulfill this mission, the American Diabetes Association funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health care professionals and the public and advocates for scientific research and for the rights of people with diabetes.” (http://www.diabetes.org/aboutus/mission/info.jsp; accessed 11/24/03)

2006 Corporate Sponsors Include:

Minimum Annual Support $1,000,000

• Baxter
• Bayer HealthCare, Diagnostics Division
• BD Medical Diabetes Care
• Eli Lilly and Company
• GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
• Merck & Co., Inc.
• Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals
• Pfizer Inc
• Sanofi-Aventis, Inc.
• Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.

Minimum Annual Support $500,000

Minimum Annual Support $250,000

• General Mills,Inc.
• Kraft Foods
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
• Wal-Mart
• Walgreen Co.

Minimum Annual Support $100,000

• Abbott Diabetes Care
• Blue Moon Licensing
• Campbell Soup Company
• Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Home Diagnostics
• Medtronic MiniMed
• Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
• Premera Blue Cross
• Safeway Inc.

Entered a relationship with Cadbury Schweppes. Cadbury Schweppes committed to support ADA programs nationally and locally, including Weight Loss Matters and America's Walk for Diabetes. As part of the agreement, Cadbury Schweppes will incorporate Weight Loss Matters healthy living messages in its promotional, advertising and point-of-sale materials. (http://www.diabetes.org/for-media/2005-press-releases/cadbury-schweppes.jsp; accessed 06/21/05)

“The American Diabetes Council was formed for the sole purpose of disseminating information to the public. Information that can and does save lives. The council is a non-profit organization that works with various companies to assist in spreading the word of alternative treatments for many ailments/diseases. The council only works with companies that have track records that are impeccable and backed by the testimonials of their customers.” (http://americandiabetescouncil.com/About.asp; accessed 7/6/05)

The American Diabetes Council endorses a single product: Angioprim, which is made by Ionetics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of GMC Holdings Corporation. (“GMC Holdings Announces a 3 for 1 Forward Split for Shareholders as of March 10th, 2002,” Business Wire, March 1, 2002, Friday) The vast majority of the American Diabetes Council webpage is devoted to discussing the merits of Angioprim.

In 2005, the FDA issued a warning to Ionetics Corporation stating that Angioprim, which has never been approved by the FDA, is a drug under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act because its labeling claims that Angioprim “is intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.” The FDA letter then lists specific claims from the websites associated with Angioprim that violate the Act. (http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g5223d.htm; accessed 7/6/05)

According to the National Council Against Health Fraud, the drug websites mentioned in the FDA’s warning letter (www.agioprim.com, www.anginacure.com, and www.yourticker.com) have not been corrected. They still contain the offending claims about the efficacy of Angioprim. (http://www.ncahf.org/digest05/05-12.html; accessed 7/6/05)

The Council’s webpage, www.americandiabetescouncil.com, is registered to Slocumb and Associates (now Central Marketing Solutions), and Jack Slocumb is the administrative contact and technical contact. (http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/results.jhtml;jsessionid= SDFNNAXKQIWPKCWMEAQCFFA?whoistoken=25&_requestid=876639; accessed 7/8/05) Jack Slocumb is listed as a representative on the Angioprim website. (http://angioprim.com/Home/Contact.asp?RepID=10001&Home=Y; accessed 7/8/05)

(See also the American Heart Council)

2003-2004 Donors (partial list):

$100,000 or more

• HealtheTech

$50,000-$99,999

• Diabetes Care and Education
• DPG
• General Mills Foundation
• Gerber Products Company
• National Dairy Council

$25,000-$49,999

• Colgate-Palmolive
• ECOLAB
• McNeil Nutritionals
• Mead Johnson Nutritionals
• National Dairy Council
• Sunkist Growers, Inc.

$10,000-$24,999

• The Almond Board of California
• Cattlemen’s Beef Board and
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
• ConAgra Foods
• Morrison Management Specialists
• Sodexho Health Care Services

$5,000-$9,999

• Arkansas Dietetic Association
• Coca-Cola Company
• Food Marketing Institute
• Kraft Foods

A public policy workshop held in March 2001 was sponsored by American Soy Products, California Dried Plum Board, Egg Nutrition Center, Food Marketing Institute, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Kashi, National Soft Drink Association, Sodexho, and Marriott Services. (ADA Courier, 5/01)

Published a “Biotechnology Resource Kit,” which was funded by the Council for Biotechnology Information.” (ADA “Dear Member” letter; 2000) [See entry for Council for Biotechnology Information]

ADA and DuPont have an agreement that enables ADA to place nutrition information on the web site http://www.webmd.com/. Dupont is an investor in WebMD. (ADA Press Release, 10/16/00)

In fiscal year 2000, the following companies contributed $10,000 or more: BASF Corp., Bristol Myers/Squibb, California Avocado Company, The Catfish Institute, ConAgra Foods, DMI Management, EcoLab, Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Gerber Products Company, Kellogg, Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Lipton, Mars, Inc., Mead Johnson Nutritionals, McNeil Consumer Products Company, Monsanto, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Dairy Council, National Fisheries Institute, National Pasta Association, The Peanut Institute, Potato Board, Procter & Gamble, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Viactiv, Worthington Foods. (ADA/ADAF 2000 Annual Report, http://www.eat right.org/; November 11, 2000)

ADA and American Pharmaceutical Association (pharmacists) announced a joint consumer-education program on supplements; it is funded by Monsanto Life Sciences Company (press release, 11/8/99).

The ADA co-produced, with funding from the ConAgra Foundation, a packet of information on food safety titled “Home Food Safety: It’s in Your Hands.” (Funding disclosed on packet on file at CSPI, Nov. 1999)

The American Dietetic Association has announced that it will be seeking to endorse food products (Nov.-Dec. 1997 ADA Courier).

The American Dietetic Association has received funding from numerous companies and receives underwriting for “fact sheets” on topics related to the companies’ products. Major ($100,000+) donors include: Kellogg, Kraft Foods, Weight Watchers International, Campbell Soup, National Dairy Council, Nestlé USA, Ross Products Division of Abbott Labs., Sandoz, Coca-Cola, Florida Department of Citrus, General Mills, Monsanto, Nabisco, Procter & Gamble, Uncle Ben’s, Wyeth-Ayerst Labs. (Nov-Dec 1996 ADA Courier)

The following companies and organizations sponsored information sessions at the ADA’s 2002 Food and Nutrition Conference, held in Philadelphia, PA:

• Almond Board of California
• American Egg Board/Egg Nutrition Center
• Aramark
• ADM Kao LLC
• Balance Bar Company
• ConAgra Foods
• DuPont Protein Technologies
• General Mills
• Gatorade Company
• Gerber Products Company
• H.J. Heinz
• Hormel
• Internationl Food Information Council
• International Life Sciences Institute
• Mars, Inc.
• McNeil Nutritionals
• MET-Rx
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
• National Dairy Council
• Pharmavite
• Procter and Gamble
• Quaker Oats
• Ross Product Division
• Sodexho Health Care Services
• Sysco Corporation
• United Soybean Board
• United States Potato Board
• Wheat Foods Council

(http://www.eatright.org/fnce/sponsors02.html; accessed 2/24/03)

In 2002, the ADA entered into a partnership with Gerber Products Company to form the Start Healthy Nutrition Advisory Panel. The panel includes both experts from Gerber and ADA. (http://www.eatright.com/pr/2002/102102.html; accessed 2/24/03)

AFSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to research, education and patient advocacy for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

Corporate Donors 2000-2001

• Campbell Family Foundation
• IBM Employees
• Pfizer, Inc.

(http://www.afsafund.org/Donors2000.htm, accessed 5/2/03)

See INSTITUTE FOR CANCER PROTECTION

Published a press release urging caution before discontinuing use of Vytorin. The non-profit also received $2 million from the Merck/Schering-Plough joint venture that made the drug (Saul, S. Heart Group Backs Drug Made by Ally, New York Times, 1/24/08)

The AHA offers food manufacturers a food certification program, labeling with the Association’s “heart-check mark” foods that are low in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol. To cover the costs of administering the program, the AHA charges companies on a per product basis $7,500 for 1-9 products, $6,750 for 10-24 products and $5,940 for 25-99 products in their first year. To renew in subsequent years, the prices are $4,500, $4,050, and $3,570 respectively. (Email from Wilma Davis to CSPI, written 5/22/03; on file at CSPI) CSPI estimates that in 2002, with over 630 products certified, the AHA received over $2 million from its food certification program. (http://216.110.59.27/productlist.aspx; accessed 5/22/03)

Merck is spending $400,000 to finance an AHA program teaching 40,000 doctors to treat cholesterol according to guidelines. (Wall Street Journal, 6/14/98)

American Heart Association was paid $450,000 by the Florida grapefruit growers for exclusive grapefruit use of the Association’s heart-healthy endorsement. (Phila. Inquirer, 5/7/97)

American Heart Association has received $1.1 million (and an annual renewal potential of about $300,000) from food manufacturers as license fees to use the “heart check mark.” (Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/7/97)

AHA charges $2,500 (plus a yearly renewal charge of $650) for a company to put the association’s heart-check symbol on a package. Florida Dept. of Citrus paid $450,000 for exclusive promotion and advertising contract from 1994 until early 1997. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association paid $25,000 for its arrangement with the AHA to promote lean cuts of beef. For an agreement with ConAgra in 1992-93, the AHA received $3,500,000 for a TV program on nutrition. For companies that want an exclusive agreement with the AHA like that of the Florida citrus growers, the cost is $55,000 a quarter or $200,000 a year. Without exclusivity the cost is $25,000 a quarter or $90,000 a year. (New York Times, 10/22/97)

National Livestock and Meat Board gave $189,000 to the AHA to sponsor the HeartRide cycling series. AHA says the program will help ensure that people don’t think that AHA recommends abstaining from meat. (IEG Sponsorship Report, on file at CSPI)

American Heart Association has endorsed only Bayer aspirin. (New England Journal of Medicine, 9/4/97, p. 700) According to Kramer Laboratories, Inc. (Miami), “Bayer, as we understand it, contributes over $500,000 a year to the American Heart Association.” (Letter to AHA, 9/23/96) Web site is sponsored by Pfizer, Campbell, ConAgra (Healthy Choice), and Hoechst (Tufts Nutrition Navigator web site).

Corporate Contributors greater than $100,000 include:

• AstraZeneca LP
• Sanofi-Aventis
• Bayer Corporation
• Braman Motors
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Centocor Inc.
• Clear Channel Outdoor
• ConAgra Foods
• GlaxoSmithKline
• IBM Co.
• KOS Pharmaceuticals
• Merck & Co., Inc.
• Microlife Co.
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
• PacifiCare
• Pfizer, Inc.
• Procter & Gamble Company
• Roche Diagnostics
• Ross Stores
• Schering-Plough Corporation
• Subway
• Toyota Motor Co.
• Walgreen Co.

American Heart Association 2005 Annual Report (http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1137166221820AHA%2005.pdf; accessed 4/26/06)

“The American Heart Council is a Non-Profit Organization dedicated to promoting an awareness of non-surgical Cardiovascular treatment methods. The American Heart Council supports and endorses non-surgical methods, that have been proven and shown effective through clinical studies and customer use. While we do endorse companies and their products, the Council does not make claims for the products or the Companies.” (http://americanheartcouncil.com/About.asp; accessed 7/6/05)

The American Heart Council endorses a single product: Angioprim, which is made by Ionetics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of GMC Holdings Corporation. (“GMC Holdings Announces a 3 for 1 Forward Split for Shareholders as of March 10th, 2002,” Business Wire, March 1, 2002, Friday) The vast majority of the American Heart Council webpage is devoted to discussing the merits of Angioprim.

The Council’s webpage, www.americanheartcouncil.com, is registered to Slocumb and Associates (now Central Marketing Solutions), and Jack Slocumb is the administrative contact and technical contact. (http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/results.jhtml;jsessionid= SDFNNAXKQIWPKCWMEAQCFFA?whoistoken=23&_requestid=876425; accessed 7/8/05) Jack Slocumb is listed as a representative on the Angioprim website. (http://angioprim.com/Home/Contact.asp?RepID=10001&Home=Y; accessed 7/8/05)

In 2005, the FDA issued a warning to Ionetics Corporation stating that Angioprim, which has never been approved by the FDA, is a drug under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act because its labeling claims that Angioprim “is intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.” The FDA letter then lists specific claims from the websites associated with Angioprim that violate the Act. (http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g5223d.htm; accessed 7/6/05)

According to the National Council Against Health Fraud, the drug websites mentioned in the FDA’s warning letter have not been corrected. They still contain the offending claims about the efficacy of Angioprim. (http://www.ncahf.org/digest05/05-12.html; accessed 7/6/05)

(See also the American Diabetes Council)

Corporate Sponsors:

Benefactors
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Roche Pharmaceuticals
• Supporters
• Biovail Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals
• Reliant Pharmaceuticals
Contributors
• Focus Technologies
• Gilead Sciences

“The American Kidney Fund is the leading national voluntary health organization providing direct financial assistance for the benefit of kidney patients supported by comprehensive educational programs, clinical research and community service projects.”

Corporate Donors (partial list)

$100,000+

• Amgen Inc.
• Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
• Estate of Maria Falatieu
• Fresenius Medical Care North America
• National Nephrology Associates
• Renal Care Group, Inc.
• R & D Laboratories
• Total Renal Care Inc.

$25,000 to $99,999

• Delaware Valley Dialysis, L.L.C.
• Everest Healthcare Services Corp.
• Fort Worth Dialysis Associates, Inc.
• Melbourne Kidney Center, Inc.
• Metroplex Recycling
• Missouri Recycling Co.
• Pa. Dialysis Clinic of Reading
• Piedmont Dialysis Center, Inc.
• Renal Care of Erie, Inc.
• Tarrant Dialysis Centers

$5,000 to $24,999

• Ortho Biotech
• Arkansas Renal Systems, L.L.C.
• Cedar Valley Medical Specialists, P.C.
• Central Arkansas Dialysis & Transplantation
• Dialysis Services of Pa., Inc.
• Greenfield Health Systems
• High Point Kidney Center
• Irving Dialysis Center
• Kansas Dialysis Services
• Kidney Treatment Center, Inc.
• Landow Management Company
• Lexington Dialysis Center
• Meridian Health System
• Marsh, Inc.
• Miller-Dwan Medical Center
• Nephrology Foundation of Brooklyn
• Nephrology Nursing Service, Inc.
• Phycor of Hattiesburg, Inc.
• Phycor of Pensacola, Inc.
• Renal Care of Oil City
• Renal Center of Philadelphia
• Renal Management, Inc.
• Sandcastle Dialysis
• Signal Corporation
• WV-VA Nephrology Associates, Ltd.

(2000 Annual Report, American Kidney Fund, http://www.akfinc.org/AboutAKF/2000/AKF%202000%20Annual%20Report.pdf)

”To promote the principles of federalism by developing and promoting policies that reflect the Jeffersonian principles that the powers of government are derived from, and assigned to, first the People, then the States, and finally the National Government. To enlist state legislators from all parties and members of the private sector who share ALEC's mission. To engage in an ongoing effort to promote Jeffersonian principles among elected officials, the private sector, and the general public, for the purpose of enacting substantive and genuine legislative reforms consistent with the ALEC mission. To conduct a policy making program that unites members of the public and private sector in a dynamic partnership to support research, policy development, and dissemination activities. To prepare the next generation of political leadership through educational programs that promote the principles of Jeffersonian democracy, which are necessary for a free society.” (http://www.alec.org/; accessed 4/21/05)

Received donations from ExxonMobil. (Lee, John. "Exxon backs groups that question global warming," The New York Times, 5/28/03) According to mediatransparency.org, ALEC receives financial support from over 200 corporations, including Coors, Amway, IBM, Ford, Philip Morris, Texaco, Enron, Amoco, Chevron, R.J. Reynolds, AT&T, American Nuclear Energy Council, Chlorine Chemistry Council, American Petroleum Institute, and Shell Oil. (http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipients/alec.htm; accessed 4.21.05)

Board of Directors members, Private Enterprise Board:

• Kurt L. Malmgren, PhRMA, Chairman
• Scott Fisher, Altria Corporate Services, Inc., Second Vice Chairman
• Pete Poynter, BellSouth Corporation, Treasurer
• Michael K. Morgan, Koch Industries, Immediate Past Chairman
• Allan E. Auger, Coors Brewing Company, Chairman Emeritus
• Ronald F. Scheberle, Verizon Communications, Inc., Chairman Emeritus

(http://www.alec.org/; accessed 4/21/05)

Sponsor List:

Alcoholic Beverages

• Coors Brewing Company
• Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
• Miller Brewing Company
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
• Seagram North America

Automobiles

• Avis Rent a Car
• DaimlerChrysler Corporation
• Ford Motor Company
• General Motors Corporation

Banks/Financial Services

• American General Financial Group
• American Express Company
• Bank of America
• Community Financial Services Corporation
• Credit Card Coalition
• Credit Union National Association, Inc
• Fidelity Investments
• Harris Trust & Savings Bank
• Household International
• LaSalle National Bank
• J.P. Morgan & Company
• Non-Bank Funds Transmitters Group

Criminal Justice

• American Bail Corporation
• Corrections Corporation of America
• National Association of Bail Insurance Companies
• Wackenhut Corrections

Energy Producers/Oil

• American Petroleum Institute
• Amoco Corporation
• ARCO
• BP America, Inc.
• Caltex Petroleum
• Chevron Corporation
• ExxonMobil Corporation
• Mobil Oil Corporation
• Phillips Petroleum Company

Energy Producers/Other

• American Electric Power Association
• American Gas Association
• Center for Energy and Economic Development
• Commonwealth Edison Company
• Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
• Edison Electric Institute
• Enron Corporation
• Independent Power Producers of New York
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• Mid-American Energy Company
• Natural Gas Supply Association
• PG&E Corporation/PG&E National Energy Group
• U.S. Generating Company

Health Care

• American Physical Therapy Association
• Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Insurance

• Alliance of American Insurers
• Allstate Insurance Company
• American Council of Life Insurance
• American Insurance Association
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Corporation
• Fortis Health
• GEICO
• Golden Rule Insurance Company
• Guarantee Trust Life Insurance
• MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company
• National Association of Independent Insurers
• Nationwide Insurance/National Financial
• State Farm Insurance Companies
• Wausau Insurance Companies
• Zurich Insurance

Law/Lobbying

• Skelding, Labasky, Corry, Hauser, Metz & Daws
• Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker

Manufacturing

• American Plastics Council
• Archer Daniels Midland Corporation
• AutoZone, Inc. (aftermarket automotive parts)
• Cargill, Inc.
• Caterpillar, Inc.
• Chlorine Chemistry Council
• Deere & Company
• Fruit of the Loom
• Grocery Manufacturers of America
• Inland Steel Industries, Inc.
• International Game Technology
• International Paper
• Johnson & Johnson
• Keystone Automotive Industries
• Motorola, Inc.
• Procter & Gamble
• Sara Lee Corporation

Media

• American Lawyer Media, Inc.
• R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company
• Primedia, Inc.
• The Washington Times

Pharmaceuticals

• Abbott Laboratories
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Bayer Corporation
• Eli Lilly & Company
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
• Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.
• Merck & Company, Inc.
• Pfizer, Inc.
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
• Pharmacia Corporation
• Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.
• Schering-Plough Corporation
• Smith, Kline & French
• WYETH, a division of American Home Products Corporation

Restaurants

• McDonald’s Corporation
• Wendy’s International, Inc.

Technology

• America Online
• Americans for Technology Leadership
• Intel Corporation
• KeySpan
• Microsoft Corporation
• TechCentralStation.com

Telecommunications

• AT&T
• Ameritech
• BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.
• GTE Corporation
• MCI
• National Cable and Telecommunications Association
• SBC Communications, Inc.
• Sprint
• UST Public Affairs, Inc.
• Verizon Communications, Inc.

Tobacco

• Cigar Association of America, Inc.
• Lorillard Tobacco Company
• Philip Morris Management Corporation
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Smokeless Tobacco Council

Transportation

• Air Transport Association of America
• American Trucking Association
• The Boeing Company
• United Airlines
• United Parcel Service

Other

• Amway Corporation
• Cabot Sedgewick
• Cendant Corporation
• Corrections Corporation of America
• Dresser Industries
• Federated Department Stores
• International Gold Corporation
• Mary Kay Cosmetics
• Microsoft Corporation
• Newmont Mining Corporation
• Quaker Oats
• Sears, Roebuck & Company
• Service Corporation International
• Taxpayers Network, Inc.
• Turner Construction
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

(http://www.alecwatch.org/chapterfour.html; accessed 4/21/05)

“The mission of the American Liver Foundation is to prevent, treat, and cure hepatitis and other liver diseases through research, education, and advocacy on behalf of those affected by or at risk of liver disease.” (2001 Annual Report, American Liver Foundation, http://64.227.163.135/images/ah/115/2001AR.pdf)

The Foundation received about $2.5 million over the past five years from Schering-Plough Corp., maker of a drug to treat hepatitis C virus. (Washington Post, 9/12/00, p.1)

Corporate Donors 2001 (partial list)

• Abbott Laboratories
• Acco Brands Inc.
• Active.Com
• AeroGen, Inc.
• Alabama Cattlemen’s Association
• Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
• Alabama Gas Corp.
• Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.
• Amgen Inc.
• AmSouth Bank
• Anadon Farm
• Associates PC
• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Axcan Scandipharm Inc.
• Bank of America
• Banner Health Systems
• Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering Co, Inc.
• Baxter Healthcare Corporation
• Baxter International
• Bechtel, Inc.
• BellSouth
• Benaroya Capitol Company
• Bio-Plexus, Inc.
• Biogen Inc.
• BJC Health System
• BlueCross BlueShield
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
• Boston Scientific Corporation
• Boston Federal Savings Bank
• BP Amoco Corporation
• Brookfield Farms
• Centocor Inc.
• Chiron Corporation
• Cigna Health Corporation
• Cingular Wireless
• Circe Biomedical, Inc.
• Citigroup Foundation
• City National Bank
• Clean-Tech Co.
• Clear Channel Radio
• Computer Associates International, Inc.
• Connecticut Laser LLC
• Continental Airlines
• Corporate Philanthropy Services
• CVS Corporation
• Discount Tire Company
• Duke Energy
• DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Fidelity Investments
• Fiduciary Trust Company International
• Filene’s Basement
• Filene’s
• Firstar Trust Services
• Fleet
• Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.
• GE Energy Products
• GE Capital Corp.
• Genentech Inc.
• Gilead Sciences, Inc.
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Grubb & Ellis
• Hainsworth Company
• Home Access Health Corporation
• Honeywell International Foundation
• ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Inova Fairfax Hospital
• Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference
• Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• J P Morgan
• John Hancock Life Insurance Company
• Johnson & Johnson
• Kaiser Permanente
• Kemper Insurance Companies
• Key Foundation
• Lahey Clinic Inc.
• Legal Seafoods Inc.
• Liberty Brokerage Investment Corp.
• Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications
• Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc.
• Maxim Pharmaceuticals
• Mayo Clinic Arizona
• McKinsey & Company Inc,
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Mercedes-Benz US International Inc.
• Merck & Co., Inc.
• Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC
• Merrill Lynch
• Metropolitan Life Foundation
• Microsoft
• NABI
• National Linen Service
• Nationwide Foods Inc.
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
• Olympus America Inc.
• Oracle
• Ortho Biotech Products, LP
• Owens Corning Metal Systems
• Pepsi-Cola
• Pfizer Inc.
• Pharmaceutical Inc.
• Pitney Bowes Inc.
• Power Media Inc.
• Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Roche Laboratories Inc.
• Saint Louis University Hospital
• Salomon Smith Barney
• Sara Lee Foundation
• Schering Hepatitis Innovations
• SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Teletime Media
• The Chase Manhattan Bank
• The California Endowment
• The Emory Clinic Inc.
• The Home Depot USA
• The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
• The Gillette Company
• The May Department Stores Company
• TRW Systems and Information Technology Group
• TRX Inc. - Technology Services/Dallas
• UCSF Division of Gastroenterology
• UMASS Memorial Hospital
• Valley of the Sun United Way
• Verizon Foundation
• Walgreens
• Washington Mutual Bank
• Washington University
• Westchester Medical Center
• Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals

(2001 Annual Report, American Liver Foundation, http://64.227.163.135/images/ah/115/2001AR.pdf)

"The mission of the American Lung Association is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health... Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, the American Lung Association today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. The American Lung Association is funded by contributions from the public, along with gifts and grants from corporations, foundations and government agencies."

2005 Corporate Sponsors:

• GlaxoSmithKline
• IVAX Laboratories, Inc.
• 3M Filtrete
• ALTANA Pharma
• Honeywell International
• Schering-Plough
• Calpine
• Carpenter Co.
• The IQAir Group
• Kaiser Permanente
• Kindred Healthcare
• ProTeam Inc.
• Toyota Motor Sales

(http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/s/link.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=1362779; accessed 6/28/06)

The German drug company Altana AG and the American Lung Association have teamed up to produce Lung magazine, which will be distributed through doctor offices and to association affiliates. An Altana-Aventis partnership is currently seeking Food and Drug Administration approval for Alvesco, an asthma drug. (FDA WebReview, 1/30/06)

AMA planned a campaign to remind doctors of ethical guidelines limiting their acceptance of gifts from pharmaceutical companies. The campaign was to be sponsored by Eli Lilly Corporation. (USA Today, 4/27/01, “Drugmakers bankroll ethics guidelines on ‘freebies’”)

In 1997, the American Medical Association agreed to endorse products made by the Sunbeam Corporation. The five-year agreement would have placed the AMA’s logo on a line of thermometers, blood pressure monitors, and other home healthcare products and generated millions of dollars in royalties for the medical group (New York Times, 8/13/97, p. A1). However, the AMA hadn’t evaluated the quality and cost of the products (New York Times, 5/17/97, p. D6). As a result of media publicity and concerned AMA members, the deal was scrapped and five of the group’s executive leadership left the AMA (New York Times, 9/20/97, p. D2; Chicago Sun Times, 11/1/97, p. A1). Subsequently, Sunbeam sued the AMA for breach of contract and won a $9.9 million settlement. (Medical Industry Today, 8/4/98)

AMWA cosponsored the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers website (see NAMM site; reported in AMWA website, December 18, 1997).

“AMWA’s Advanced Curriculum on Women’s Health Part I and Part II were sponsored by educational grants from The Upjohn Company, which were instrumental in developing the curriculum, and by contributions from Aetna Health Plans, Astra/Merck, Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company, Marion Merrell Dow, Mead Johnson Division, Trylon Corporation, and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. Contributions are being solicited for the 1998 program.” (http://www.amwa.org/, December 18, 1997)

The Education Project on Coronary Heart Disease in Women is funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Dupont Radiopharma-ceuticals. The nutritional module is funded by an unrestricted educational grant from the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers. (http://www.amwa.org/, December 18, 1997)

According to Modern Healthcare, the AMWA Product Acceptance Program, which was active from 1985 to at least 1998, included NatureMade Vitamins. A nonexclusive arrangement cost $25,000 to review a product to see if it enhances women’s health, and can say “AMWA Accepted.” (Modern Healthcare, 2/2/98)

2002 Corporate Partners of the AMWA Foundation. (Corporate members contribute $10,000 annually in support of the Foundation.)

• Abbott Laboratories
• AstraZeneca
• Bayer Corporation
• Eli Lilly and Company
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Merck & Co., Inc.
• Pfizer Inc
• Pharmacia Corporation
• The Procter & Gamble Company
• Wyeth

(http://www.amwa-doc.org/foundation2.html, accessed 5/2/03)

The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), founded in 1940, is the leading professional organization for biomedical communicators.

Benefactors:

• Eli Lilly and Company
• Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America

Patrons:

• Abbott Laboratories Fund
• Greenberg News Networks
• J&J Pharmaceutical Research & Development
• Pfizer Inc.

Sustaining Member

• Sanofi-Synthelabo

Supporting Members

• Abelson-Taylor, Inc.
• Centocor, Inc., Malvern PA
• Complete Healthcare Communications, Inc.
• Covance Periapproval Services Inc.
• Kelly Scientific Resources
• MedFocus Clinical Research Consulting Opportunities
• New Horizons Recruiting, LLC
• Pharmaceutical Careers, Inc.
• Physicians World
• PlaceMart Personnel Service
• Rete Biomedical Communications Corp.
• RPS, Inc.

(http://www.amwa.org/about/sponsors.html; accessed 8/18/03)

Sponsors of the 2003 Annual Conference include:

• Eli Lilly and Company
• IDEC Pharmaceutical Corporation
• ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services Inc.
• Schering-Plough Research Institute
• Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America

(http://www.amwa.org/conference/2003/sponsors.html; accessed 8/20/03)

According to the Wall Street Journal, this organization, formed in April 1995, is “a lay advocacy group representing the interest of the 70 to 80 million obese American women and children and adults afflicted with the disease of obesity.” It has one member. “Dr. Atkinson says the group receives most of its funding — several hundred thousand dollars in all — from the pharmaceuticals industry, including Interneuron, American Home Products, Roche Laboratories, Knoll Pharmaceuticals Ltd., and Servier — all of which market or develop diet pills.” (Wall Street Journal, 2/9/98, B1)

AOA Corporate Sponsors include:

• Abbott Laboratories
• Aventis SA
• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson company)
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Health Management Resources
• Hoffman LaRoche, Inc.
• Jenny Craig International
• Novartis Nutrition Corporation
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson company)
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Slim-Fast Foods Company
• Weight Watchers International, Inc.

Companies contributed their name to support one or many issues undertaken by the AOA include:

• Amgen, Inc.
• Jenny Craig, Inc.
• Knoll Pharmaceutical Company
• Law Offices of Susan Wasserman 
• Medeva Pharmaceuticals 
• Novartis Nutrition Corporation 
• Tanita Corporation
• Weight Watchers International, Inc.

(http://obesity.org/subs/contributor_list.shtml; accessed 12/03/03)

A medical specialty society that works to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders, including mental retardation and substance-related disorders.

Corporate Advisory Council (partial list, 2001)

Grand Patron ($20,000)

• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Pfizer, Inc.

Patron ($15,000)

• Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• Janssen Pharmaceutica

Sustaining Member ($10,000)

• Abbott Laboratories
• Forest Pharmaceuticals
• GlaxoSmithKline

Sponsor ($5,000)

• Alza Pharmaceuticals
• Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories

(http://www.psych.org/foundation/cacmemberlist.cfm; accessed 9/18/02)

According to a Washington Post article on the role of industry in medical meetings, “in several dozen symposiums during the weeklong [American Psychiatric Association] meeting, companies paid the APA about $50,000 per session to control which scientists and papers were presented and to help shape the presentations.” (Washington Post, 5/26/02, p. A10) The 2002 Annual meeting had a total of 42 industry-sponsored symposiums sponsored by the following companies:

• Abbott Laboratories
• AstraZeneca
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Cephalon
• Cyberonics, Inc.
• Eisai, Inc.
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Forest Laboratories
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Janssen Pharmaceutica
• Organnon, Inc.
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
• Pfizer
• Shire U.S.
• Sepracor
• Solvay Pharmaceuticals
• Somerset Pharmaceuticals
• Novartis
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

(http://www.psych.org/sched_events/ann_mtg_02/programbook.cfm; accessed 9/18/02)

“The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States.” (http://www.apa.org/about/; accessed 5/2/03)

Corporate Donors 2002-2003

$250,000 and above

• Trammel Crow

$100,000 and above

• The Psychological Corporation

$10,000 and above

• Bank of America
• SilverPlatter Information Inc.

(http://www.apa.org/apf/gifts.html; accessed 5/2/03)

APHA received a $25,000 grant from Colgate-Palmolive (Nation’s Health, 1/99, p.7)

APHA received a $1 million grant over five years from Colgate-Palmolive to help APHA’s public-education effort. (Nation’s Health, April, 1999, p. 1)

The American Red Cross received $100,000 from the Chlorine Chemistry Council to launch the Water Relief Network on 6/21/96. The network provides the American Red Cross access to a variety of products that can be used in global disaster relief efforts. (http://c3.org/about_ccc/partnerships.html 6/5/01)

According to the New York Times, this organization has a policy against endorsing commercial products, but for two years it endorsed Laerdahl Medical Corporation’s (a Norwegian company) CPR mannequins. (New York Times, 1/26/97)

“[The] Corporate Member Council represents a partnership of the ASRM Officers and Directors and the Corporate Members. It is designed to facilitate open and ongoing dialogue between the two. Its purpose is to identify and maximize common interests related to reproductive medicine and develop collaborative educational initiatives which serve to enhance the practice of reproductive medicine.”

Corporate Members ($3,000)

• Abbott Laboratories
• Berlex Laboratories, Inc.
• Cook Ob/Gyn
• CooperSurgical
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Elsevier Science, Inc.
• Endeavor Pharmaceuticals
• Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Gynecare (a Division of Ethicon, Inc.)
• IntegraMed
• Ivpcare
• Organon, Inc.
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
• Pfizer Women’s Healthcare
• Pharmacia Corporation
• SAGE BioPharma, Inc.
• Serono, Inc.
• Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Stone Ridge Partners, Inc.
• TAP, Inc.
• Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals

(http://www.asrm.org/Professionals/Membership/corporate.html; accessed 7/16/02)

“The mission of the ASCO is to improve cancer care and prevention.”

Corporate Sponsors (partial list)

• Agouron Pharmaceuticals
• Alza Pharmaceuticals
• Amgen
• ASCO State-Regional Affiliates Program
• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
• Aventis Oncology
• Bayer
• Berlex Laboratories
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology
• G.D. Searle
• Genentech
• Glaxo Wellcome
• Hoechst Marion Roussel
• IDEC Pharmaceuticals
• ImClone Systems Incorporated
• Immunex
• Lilly Oncology
• Matrix Pharmaceuticals
• Merck and Company
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals
• Ortho-Biotech-Janssen Research Foundation
• Pfizer Inc.
• Pharmacia Corporation
• Rhone Poulenc Rorer
• Roche Laboratories
• Roxane Laboratories
• Sanofi-Synthelabo
• SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
• Vitas Healthcare
• Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories

(http://www.asco.org/ac/1,1003,_12-002195-00_18-0012824-00_19-0012937-00_20-0026,00.asp; accessed 5/2/03)

“The ASTS Foundation will advance the field of Transplantation by supporting the mission and activities of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. The mission of the ASTS Foundation is to serve as the endowment vehicle of the ASTS. Funds generated will be used to provide support for ASTS sponsored initiatives such as education, fellowships and other training, and research.” (http://www.astsfoundation.org/mission.cfm; accessed 3/22/05)

Industry sponsors providing unrestricted educational grants:

• Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.
• Novartis
• Roche
• Wyeth
• Genzyme
• Enzon Pharmaceuticals
• MedImmune, Inc.

(http://www.asts.org/corporatecontributors.cfm; accessed 3/22/05)

“The American Society of Transplantation (AST) was founded in 1982 and is an organization of more then 2,200 transplant professionals dedicated to research, education, advocacy and patient care in transplantation. Our goal is to offer a forum for the exchange of knowledge, scientific information and expertise in the field of transplantation.” (http://www.a-s-t.org/about/navabout.htm; accessed 3/22/05)

Industry sponsors providing unrestricted educational grants:

• Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.
• Novartis
• Roche
• Wyeth
• Genzyme
• Pfizer
• MedImmune, Inc.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• ViraCor
• Wyeth
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Schering-Plough
• Focus Diagnostics
• Gilead Sciences
• Genentech

(http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1600-6135.2004.v4_is8_Front_Matter.x/pdf; http://www.a-s-t.org/about/generalsponsors.htm accessed 3/22/05)

According to the Washington Monthly, “the Boots company, which manufactures a thyroid product, has at various times provided 60 percent of the funding for the American Thyroid Association.” (Washington Monthly, May 2000, p. 36)

A September 15, 1997, AVMA statement said:

“Bayer Animal Health and Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. have pledged major financial commitments to the AVMA over the next few years. AVMA president (1996-1997), Dr. Mary Beth Leininger, told attendees: ‘Tonight, two great companies Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. and Bayer Animal Health are joining with me in making the first public announcement of an unprecedented level of corporate support for our profession and our Association.... Each of the companies has generously pledged to provide the profession and AVMA with ground breaking support over the next three to five years. This historic action on the part of Hill’s and Bayer will take the form of direct financial support of AVMA-sponsored programs and projects and the allocation of their corporate resources to greatly enhance these efforts. With tonight’s announcement, Hill’s and Bayer have gone beyond simple sponsorship. These two companies are showing through this historic and unique commitment an understanding and belief in the important interrelationship between our profession and the entire animal health care industry that we have not seen before.’”

[Robert Wheeler, chairman and CEO of Hill’s:] “Today I take great pleasure in announcing that Hill’s will fund AVMA at a level of $1 million over three years. These funds will support the AVMA convention and a myriad of other meetings in disaster relief, animal welfare, educational symposia, and veterinary practice management.”

[John Payne of Bayer said:] “That’s why I am proud to announce a long-range, five-year financial commitment to the AVMA.”

“Dr. Leininger summed it up. ‘This is a landmark day for all of us, thanks to Bayer and Hill’s.’” (http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/sep97/s091597d.htm, October 26, 2000)

“ABEC is a national, non-profit organization designed to promote a dialogue with community leaders across the U.S. on issues involving America’s growing demand for electricity. ABEC will advocate in support of policies that strike the proper balance between protecting the environment and providing for continued economic growth and prosperity for America’s working families...America’s coal-based electricity industry (producers, transporters, and electricity generators) have provided the primary initial funding for this worthwhile project.” (http://www.balancedenergy.org/about_abec.asp; accessed 6/04/03)

Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) is a nonprofit group funded by railroads, coal producers and users, and electric utilities. Its sponsors include the utility conglomerate Southern, one of the leading U.S. energy producers, and the American Association of Railroads, whose membership transport coal (Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 4/21/00). ABEC’s advertisements advocate on behalf of the use of coal.

ABEC began a national television campaign in April 2000 advocating an increased use of coal for the nation's electrical needs. The ads say increased coal use led to improvements in the environment. The ad was scheduled to run indefinitely on CNN and Headline News (National Journal Group, 7/11/00). The total cost for the ad campaign will be “more than $5 million in 2000.” (Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 4/21/00).

“[C]oal, rail and power companies such as Peabody Holdings Inc., Burlington Northern/Santa Fe, and Southern Co., provided funding last year to start Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, to develop grass-roots support for coal. ABEC has set up a Web site and prepared a media advertising budget of several million dollars to…counter the influence of environmental organizations.” (Washington Post, March 25, 2001, A05)

The total cost for ABEC’s legislative issue ad campaign for 2001-2002 was an estimated $8.32 million. (Falk, Erika. Legislative Issue Advertising in the 107th Congress July 2003, The Annenberg Public Policy Center, 2003, page 12. http://www.appcpenn.org/issueads/APPC_IssueAds107th.pdf; accessed 6/04/03)

The An Group is an unaffiliated non-profit established by manufacturers of acrylonitrile, a chemical used to make acrylic fiber.

Corporate Members:

• Innovene
• Cytec Industries Inc.
• DuPont Company
• GE Advanced Materials - Plastics
• Lanxess Corporation
• The Dow Chemical Company
• Solutia Inc.

(http://www.angroup.org/links.html; accessed 9/12/06)

The Animal Health Institute "represents manufacturers of animal health care products used to produce a safe supply of meat, milk, poultry and eggs, and the veterinary medicines that help pets live longer, healthier lives."

Member Companies:

• Abbott Animal Health
• Alpharma Inc., Animal Health Division
• Bayer Healthcare LLC, Animal Health Division
• Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
• Colorado Serum Company
• Dow AgroSciences
• Elanco Animal Health
• Fort Dodge Animal Health, Division of Wyeth
• The Hartz Mountain Corporation
• Intervet Inc
• Merial Limited
• Monsanto Company
• MVP Laboratories, Inc.
• Novartis Animal Health US, Inc.
• Pfizer Animal Health
• Phibro Animal Health
• Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation
• Virbac Corporation

“The Annapolis Center is a national, non-profit, educational organization that supports and promotes responsible energy, environmental, health, and safety decision-making.” (http://www.annapoliscenter.org/skins/default/index.aspx; accessed 4/22/05)

Stanley T. Crooke, M.D., Ph.D., founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Isis Pharmaceuticals, was elected to the board of directors. (U.S. Newswire, 4/1/05) The Annapolis Center is funded primarily by the National Association of Manufacturers. The Center's founder and COO, Richard Seibert, was a former National Association of Manufacturers vice president. (http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=13; accessed 4/21/05)

Other board of directors’ members with industry ties include:

• George K. Anderson, M.D., M.P.H. Partner, New World Healthcare Solutions, a medical consulting and executive search firm.
• Richard E. Hug Director and Chairman Emeritus, Koppers Company, Inc.
• John Parker, M.D. Vice President for Corporate Development, Science Applications International Corporation
• Charles Harmon Pierce, M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D. Vice President of Medical Affairs, North America for Harrison Clinical Research
• Ford Rowan Co-founder of Rowan & Blewitt Inc. Principal author, “Crisis Prevention, Management and Communication,” published by the National Association of Manufacturers, 1991
• Jack W. Snyder, M.D., J.D., Ph.D. Lecturer, advisor, and consultant to corporate, academic, legal, and governmental organizations
• George T. Wolff, Ph.D. Principal Scientist, General Motors’ Public Policy Center.

(http://www.annapoliscenter.org/skins/default/index.aspx; accessed 4/22/05)

ExxonMobil donations:

2002: $70,000 for general support Source: ExxonMobil 2002 Annual Report (http://www.exxonmobil.com/corporate/Newsroom/Publications/Corp_P_AnnualReport2002.asp; accessed 4/21/05)

2003

• $27,500 for general operating support/annual dinner
• $75,000 for project support
Source: ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report (http://www.exxonmobil.com/corporate/Newsroom/Publications/Corp_P_AnnualReport2003.asp; accessed 4/21/05)

A 501(c)3 non-profit organization to “promote responsible environmental, health and safety decision-making.” (http://www.annapoliscenter.org, 10/31/00)

According to the it's website, the center's unrestricted funding grants come "from many different sources, including...corporate contributions."

The Center also states that it "does not list its funders on its Website as most scientists and academicians visit the Website when invited to participate in an Annapolis Center workshop....Because [the Center is] concerned that even the appearance of knowing who funds the Center could be stated as influencing the deliberations of our closed workshops, they are not made public." (http://www.annapoliscenter.org/skins/default/display.aspx?moduleid=8cde2e88-3052-448c-893d-d0b4b14b31c4&mode=User&action=display_page&ObjectID=b7d5aaca-906f-4d29-8c09-5e28a604b1bc; accessed 4/26/04)

Board of Directors

• Vice Admiral Harold M. Koenig (Ret.), Chairman, former Surgeon General, U.S. Navy
• Harrison H. Schmitt, Ph.D., Chairman Emeritus, former U.S. Senator, former Apollo Astronaut
• S. John Byington, former Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission
• William E. Cooper, Ph.D., Dept. of Zoology, Michigan State University
• Lois S. Gold, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
• George Gray, Ph.D., Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health
• John Griffin, former Secretary, Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources
• Robert L. Hirsch, Ph.D., Advanced Power Technologies, Inc.
• Nancy Kerkvliet, Ph.D., Oregon State University
• Claire M. Lathers, Ph.D., F.C.P., Chief Scientific Officer, Barr Lab., Inc.
• Ford Rowan, former PBS and NBC reporter, Rowan & Blewitt
• Bradley Smith, Ph.D., Dean, Huxley College
• Jack W. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• George Wolff, Ph.D., Principle Scientist, General Motors Corp., former chair, EPA Clean Air Science

The institute’s Mr. Richard Seibert declined to tell CSPI (G. Barron) who its funders are (Oct. 2000).

According to the Wall Street Journal, 80% of the funding for the Center comes from the National Association of Manufacturers. (Wall Street Journal, 1/16/97)

“The mission of The Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.” (http://www.arthritis.org; accessed 5/22/03)

List of sponsors who contributed $100,000 or more annually:

• Abbott Immunology
• Amgen
• Bayer Consumer Care
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Centocor
• Genentech
• HealthSouth Corporation
• McNeil
• Nature Made® TripleFlex™
• Pfizer Animal Health
• RehabCare
• U.S. Nutrition
• Watkins Manufacturing
• Weider Nutrition International
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

(http://www.arthritis.org/resources/sponsors/sponsorlist.asp; accessed 2/27/06)

According to The Sacramento Bee, the Arthritis Foundation’s “Ease-of-Use” program allows companies to put the foundation’s seal on a product provided that the product in question passes an examination and the company donates $25,000. (Sacramento Bee, “Arthritis Foundation is Open About Funding,” 6/26/05) The following companies are listed as members of the “Ease-of-Use” program:

• BIC USA, Inc.
• Bionic Gloves
• Cardinal Brands (Ring Binders)
• Designer Appliances (Aerobic Mouse)
• dj Orthopedics (Bracing Products)
• Exercyle Company
• Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living
• Folgers Coffee Company
• Golf Pride
• Grabber Performance Group (Heat Treat Warmers)
• Joint Juice
• LifeScan (a J&J company)
• Oreck Corporation
• Owens-Illinois Prescription Products
• Pactiv Corporation (Hefty One Zip)
• Pentel of America, Ltd.
• Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (BenGay)
• Pilot Pen Corporation of America
• ThermoSpas
• Wyeth Consumer Healthcare (Advil)

Other Sponsors:

• CIBC World Markets
• Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals

(http://www.arthritis.org/resources/sponsors/sponsorlist.asp; accessed 6/28/05)

2001 Funders include:

$500,000 - $999,999

• Amgen Inc.
• Bayer Consumer Care
• Immunex Corporation
• Rexall Sundown Inc.
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

$250,000 - $499,999

• GlaxoSmithKline
• Merck & Co. Inc.
• Pharmacia Corp.

$100,000 - $249,999

• Abbott Laboratories
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• Barr Laboratories Inc.
• Centocor Inc.
• HealthSouth Corp.
• The Hoglund Foundation
• New York State Laborers’ Health & Safety Trust Fund
• Schering-Plough HealthCare Products Inc.
• Weider Nutrition

$50,000 - $99,999

• Pfizer’s Warner Lambert Consumer Group
• Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.
• Watkins Manufacturing Co.

$25,000 - $49,999

• Cardinal Brands
• Grabber Performance Group
• Leading Lady
• The J.M. Long Foundation
• Pactiv Corporation
• The Roslyn Savings Foundation
• Sonic Corp. Medical Research Foundation
• Wyeth Consumer Healthcare

$10,000 - $24,999

• Daiichi Pharmaceutical Corp.
• Garden Pals
• Hillcrest Medical Center Foundation
• Oxnard Foundation
• Pfizer Inc.
• Pilot Pen Corporation of America
• Quick & Reilly
• Dr. Scholl Foundation
• Tucson Marriott Business Council
• UPMC Health System
• Webster Industries

(Annual Report 2001, Arthritis Foundation; http://www.arthritis.org/resources/aboutus/annual_reports/2001/2001report.asp; accessed 5/28/03)

“Website sponsors. The Arthritis Foundation is pleased to recognize the following companies and organizations, each of which, during 2000, contributed $100,000 or more to support our mission:” Amgen, Aventis, Bioglan Pharma, CauseLink.com, Centocor, Cypress BioScience, HealthSouth Corporation, Hot Spring Spas, Merck & Co. Inc., Pfizer’s Warner-Lambert Consumer Group, The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, Rexall Sundown, Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company, Searle, Weider Nutrition International, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories (http://www.arthritis.org/resources/sponsors/default.asp; 9/11/00)

According to an Associated Press story, “the [Arthritis Foundation] had agreed to the use of its logo in the ads in exchange for $350,000 in contributions by Rexall [Sundown] to an arthritis education campaign. But the ads, which claim Osteo Bi-Flex helps repair and rebuild cartilage, began appearing in national magazines in May without review by the foundation.” (AP, 6/6/99)

Arthritis Foundation licensed its name to McNeil Consumer Products for aspirin, acetominophen, and ibuprofen-containing products. A coalition of Minnesota and 18 other state attorneys general won a $2 million settlement from McNeil in 1996 for deceiving consumers with products labeled with the Arthritis Foundation name. (Press release from Minnesota attorney general, 10/16/96)

According to the group's website, AEHS "was created to facilitate communication and foster cooperation among professionals concerned with the challenge of soil protection and cleanup....encourag[ing] dialogue among disciplines, industries, sectors of society and the economy, and countries. (http://www.aehs.com/about.htm; accessed 3/2/04)

In January 1999, AEHS formed a panel to review potential human health and ecological risks from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) detected in Wisconsin's Fox River at the request of the Fox River Group--a consortium of six companies inluding Appleton Papers Inc., Georgia-Pacific Corporation, NCR Corporation, P. H. Glatfelter Company, Riverside Paper Corporation and WTM I Company--responsible for contaminating the Fox River with Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). (http://www.aehs.com/press/foxriver.htm; http://www.foxrivergroup.org/who_we_are.htm;accessed 7/1/04)

Past Sponsors and Supporters of AEHS's annual Soils, Sediments, and Water Conference include:

• Academic Press
• American Petroleum Institute
• Anaheim Public Utilities
• Association of American Railroads
• BP Amoco
• CER Corporation
• CH2M Hill
• Chemical Landholdings
• Chevron Research and Technology
• CRC Press
• EARC
• Earth Tech
• Electric Power Research Institute
• ENSR International
• Exponent
• Exxon Biomedical Sciences
• Foster Wheeler Environmental
• Gas Research Institute
• Geomatrix Consultants, Inc.
• Gradient Corporation
• Hazard Management Consulting, Inc.
• IT Corporation
• K-V Associates, Inc.
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• LFR Levine-Fricke
• Lyondell Chemical Company
• Maxus Energy Corp.
• McLaren/Hart
• Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
• National Water Research Institute (NWRI)
• Naval Facilities Engineering Command
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