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Pay To Play? McCaughey Received $11K In BioTech Stock Days Before Penning Health Scare Op-Ed (UPDATED)»



Ideology may not be the only factor driving Betsy McCaughey’s propaganda campaign against two health care provisions in the stimulus bill.

As Health Care Renewal points out, “not noted in Betsy McCaughey’s op-ed article was that she is currently on the board of directors of Cantel Medical, a device company, and formerly on the board of Genta, a biotechnology company.”

In fact, according to a Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership Securities from the Securities and Exchange Commission, McCaughey received 750 Shares of stock options just days before writing the Bloomberg op-ed. Then, the total worth of the shares was approximately $11,250:

YOU MUST GO HERE TO THIS LINK NOW, & CLICK TO ENLARGE HER FORM 4 WHERE SHE DECLARES THIS TO BE TRUE ...
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/02/13/mccaughey-biotech/

Should she have disclosed this information to her readers? Well, as Health Care Renewal explains, up to now “we have left industry to fund, control, and too often suppress and manipulate clinical research about its own products, so that the results are better at putting particular products in a good light.” Should independent research dispute the effectiveness of a Cantel Medical product, McCaughey and Cantel could face serious financial loses.


Update According to SEC filings, McCaughey has received over $55,000 in compensation from Cantel Medical, Inc. in the fiscal year ending 7/31/08.

http://idea.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19446/000104746908012544/a2189306zdef14a.htm

http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/02/attack-on-government-funded-comparative.html

http://investor.shareholder.com/cntl/secfiling.cfm?filingID=19446-09-15