CLINICAL REVIEW Omega-3 fatty acids

JAMES M. MCKENNEY, PHARM.D., is Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, and President and Chief Executive Officer of National Clinical Research, Inc., Richmond. DOMENIC SICA, M.D., is Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chairman, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Hypertension, Medical College of Virginia Hospital, VCU. Address correspondence to Dr. McKenney at National Clinical Research, Inc., 2809 Emerywood Parkway, Suite 140, Richmond, VA 23294 ([email protected]). Dr. McKenney has made presentations sponsored by AstraZeneca, KOS Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Pfizer Inc., Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Schering-Plough, and Takeda; has served as a consultant to AstraZeneca, KOS Pharmaceuticals, Microbia, Pfizer Inc., and Sankyo Pharma; and has received research grant support from AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, KOS Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Reliant Pharmaceuticals, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc., Schering-Plough, and Takeda. Dr. Sica has made presentations sponsored by Novartis and BristolMyers Squibb and has served as a consultant to Proctor and Gamble and Reliant Pharmaceuticals. Virginia Commonwealth University has received research grant support for work he has conducted for Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Ortho Biotech.