Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3002

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Publication type: Journal Article

Petsonk EL.
Conflicts of interest in drug research.
N Engl J Med 1979 Aug 9; 301:(6):335

Abstract:

Support from pharmaceutical companies can influence the scientific evaluation of drugs in a number of ways: company involvement in the design of the studies; company selection of the investigator; multiple studies of a single agent giving the impression of greater product importance. The author suggests that editors of journals discuss potentially conflicting sources of funding in editorial commentaries about studies of this kind.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/ drug company sponsored research/ relationship between researchers, academic institutions and industry/SPONSORSHIP: RESEARCH Drug Evaluation/economics* Drug Industry* Ethics* Research Support* United States