Healthy Skepticism Library item: 12001
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Publication type: Journal Article
Yeates N.
Health Canada's new standards on conflict of interest.
CMAJ 2007 Oct 9; 177:(8):900
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/177/8/900
Abstract:
In a CMAJ news piece, Wayne Kondro stated that “Canada has no hard rules governing exemptions or waivers. Experts with conflicts are allowed to sit on [scientific advisory] panels without a formal waiver process.“1 This is incorrect. Health Canada has been working and consulting with the public on this issue for some time and recently released standards that define conflict of interest for advisory body members and impose standards that are stricter than those of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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Publication Types:
Comment
Letter
MeSH Terms:
Advisory Committees/legislation & jurisprudence*
Canada
Conflict of Interest/legislation & jurisprudence*
Drug Industry/legislation & jurisprudence*
Health Policy
Humans
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
Notes:
Comment on:
CMAJ. 2007 May 22;176(11):1571-2.
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