Healthy Skepticism Library item: 5017

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Publication type: Journal Article

Kasper CK.
Publication of sponsored symposiums in medical journals.
N Engl J Med 1993 Apr 22; 328:(16):1197

Abstract:

Audiences in some fields have come to expect that a symposium will be free, that a free meal will be provided and perhaps also travel expenses. It is very difficult for neutral organizers to afford the cost of running symposiums and therefore the field is left open to pharmaceutical companies.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/ sponsored symposia & conferences/ doctors/ drug company sponsored meals and travel/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: PAYMENT FOR MEALS, ACCOMODATION, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT/PROMOTION DISGUISED: CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS Congresses* Drug Industry* Publishing Societies, Medical/economics* United States