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To critically address and counter arguments that advocate for relaxing conflict of interest regulations concerning pharmaceutical industry influence in medical journals.

June 2, 2015BMJOpen Access

Justifying conflicts of interest in medical journals: a very bad idea

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RSRobert SteinbrookYale University JKJerome P. KassirerTufts University MAMarcia AngellHarvard University

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Expert commentary demonstrates strong opposition to relaxing conflict of interest policies in medical publishing, highlighting the persistent threat of pharmaceutical industry influence.

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To critically address and counter arguments that advocate for relaxing conflict of interest regulations concerning pharmaceutical industry influence in medical journals.
Perspectives and policy commentary prepared by three former senior editors of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Evaluation of recent arguments regarding the conflict of interest movement and the role of commercial drug sponsorship in medical science.
Argued that weakening conflict of interest safeguards compromises the credibility and scientific integrity of clinical literature.
Highlighted that close financial relationships between medical authors and commercial pharmaceutical firms introduce systematic bias into clinical judgment and publication.

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Steinbrook et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10371192676d5461fdbaf8 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h2942

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Expert commentary demonstrates strong opposition to relaxing conflict of interest policies in medical publishing, highlighting the persistent threat of pharmaceutical industry influence.

Justifying conflicts of interest in medical journals: a very bad idea

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Justifying conflicts of interest in medical journals: a very bad idea

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