TV Show Links ADD Support Group, Drug Company
A public-television documentary on attention-deficit disorder that begins airing this week questions the financial relationship between an ADD support group and the company that makes Ritalin, the most widely prescribed drug to treat the disorder.
The program, to be shown nationally on PBS channels beginning Oct. 20, suggests that the group Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders has been secretive about the financial support it receives from the Ciba-Geigy Corp., the New Jersey-based company that makes Ritalin.
Officials of CHADD and Ciba-Geigy last week strongly disputed the charges in the documentary and said they had never set out to hide the fact that the company gives...
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