Healthy Skepticism Library item: 671

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Publication type: Journal Article

La Puma J.
Physician rewards for postmarketing surveillance (seeding studies) in the US.
Pharmacoeconomics 1995 Mar; 7:(3):187-90

Keywords:
*analysis United States bioethics drug company sponsored research conflict of interest relationship between medical profession and industry reimbursement to doctors ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: PAYMENTS IN STUDIES PROMOTION DISGUISED: POSTMARKETING RESEARCH

Notes:

This study briefly describes the goals and settings of postmarketing surveillance and the ethical dilemmas it presents for clinicians, including financial conflicts of interest. The author presents five reasons why industry should forego physician rewards for postmarketing surveillance.