Healthy Skepticism Library item: 11450
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Publication type: Journal Article
Ogbogu U.
Canada's approach to conflict- of-interest oversight.
CMAJ 2007 Aug 14; 177:(4):375-6
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/177/4/375-b
Abstract:
In his CMAJ news piece on the proposed US Food and Drug Administration conflict-of-interest rules that would limit the ability of experts with financial interests in the pharmaceutical industry to sit on the agency’s advisory committees, Wayne Kondro highlighted the lack of similar rules in Canada.1 However, recent policy trends indicate that Canada is taking a more restrictive approach by banning experts with nonfinancial conflicts of interest from similar advisory and oversight committees…
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Publication Types:
Comment
Letter
MeSH Terms:
Advisory Committees*
Canada
Conflict of Interest*
Drug Industry
Health Care Sector*
Humans
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
Notes:
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Comment on:
CMAJ. 2007 May 22;176(11):1571-2.
