Healthy Skepticism Library item: 6785

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Publication type: Journal Article

Day M.
He who pays the piper . . .
New Scientist 1998; 158:(2133):18-19

Abstract:

Drug company funding can influence the results of research. This article cites a number of examples including a New England Journal of Medicine article that found that researchers who had received money from companies making calcium channel blockers had a more positive view about this class of drugs than those who had not received such funding. One author of the NEJM paper thinks that the medical profession needs to develop a more effective policy on conflicts of interest.

Keywords:
*news story/conflict of interest/publication bias/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/SPONSORSHIP: RESEARCH