Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4667

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Publication type: Journal Article

Angel JE.
Publication of sponsored symposiums in medical journals.
N Engl J Med 1993 Apr 22; 328:(16):1196

Abstract:

Bero and colleagues use arbitrary measures to judge the purity of editorial material generated by seminars and symposiums funded by the pharmaceutical industry. The author suggests other questions as more appropriate for evaluating sponsored symposiums for publication.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/sponsored symposia & conferences/journal supplements/publication bias/quality of information/industry perspective/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: INDUSTRY/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PUBLICATION/PROMOTION DISGUISED: JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTS, CONTROLLED CIRCULATION JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS

Notes:

Reply to: Lisa A. Bero et al., New England Journal of Medicine 1992;327:1135-1140.
Reply from: Lisa A. Bero et al., New England Journal of Medicine 1992;328:1197-1198.
Conflict of interest: Jack Angel works for Coalition of Healthcare Communicators.