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Time to 'walk the walk' about industry ties to enhance health

Author(s) -

Thomas P. Stossel,

Lance K. Stell

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

nature medicine (print)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.536

H-Index - 547

eISSN - 1546-170X

pISSN - 1078-8956

DOI - 10.1038/nm0411-437

Subject(s) - bureaucracy , government (linguistics) , public relations , business , conflict of interest , rigour , public economics , law and economics , political science , economics , law , finance , politics , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , mathematics

Overwhelming evidence that relationships between universities, physicians and the medical products industry benefit patients explains the ubiquitous calls to encourage such relationships. Yet accumulating 'conflict of interest' regulations in academic health centers, government and industry have had the opposite effect. Justifications underlying the regulations lack quantitative rigor, and the rules they enforce impose costly bureaucratic requirements of dubious benefit. Evidence shows that they have diminished the collaborations deemed beneficial to health enhancement.

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