Healthy Skepticism Library item: 20450

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Publication type: Journal Article

Horton R
Offline: Falling out with pharma
The Lancet 2013 Feb 2; 381:(9864):358
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2813%2960139-7/fulltext

Abstract:

I am grateful to Tom Yates, from University College London, for alerting me to a campaign that deserves our support. His target is a document, whose creation was led by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), entitled “Guidance on collaboration between healthcare professionals and the pharmaceutical industry”. It is signed by some great and good institutions: the Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists, and General Practitioners, the British Pharmacological Society, De …