Separating practice guidelines from pharmaceutical marketing.
Separating practice guidelines from pharmaceutical marketing.
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将实践指南与药品营销分开。
DOI:
10.1097/01.ccm.0000288106.55246.a5
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Danner,RobertL
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文献类型:
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作者:
Eichacker,PeterQ;Natanson,Charles;Danner,RobertL
I am writing to comment on the special article by Dr. Durbin in Critical Care Medicine (1). While support from industry is invaluable in advancing scientific and educational activities of medical societies as well as the scientific pursuits of individuals or departments, we must remain careful of what sometimes is implied to be read between the lines of unrestricted support. A scientific or scholarly article in which the message appears to be influenced by grant support from the industry is quite common. The issue of credibility caused by the increasing financial ties between the pharmaceutical industry and researchers and clinicians continues to be discussed (2). I must admit that when I am reading an article in any journal, I find myself involuntarily looking at the fine print at the lower left corner of the first page. This is cynicism, but I very seldom find an article in which the message does not support the financial mission of the industry supporter. This in itself does not necessarily mean that the message is wrong, but whether one should believe what an article is espousing requires a critical analysis of the article (including the methodology, eg, randomization protocol, detailed demographics, and clinical profiles of the subjects); simply scanning through an article or reading the abstract is no longer sufficient, and not uncommonly I find myself disagreeing with the conclusions projected in the summary abstract after going through a critical analysis of the article. In transplantation, where immunosuppressive medications and antiviral therapy constitute a very expensive aspect of posttransplantation patient care, I find the industry influence quite pervasive also—for scientific meetings as well as published articles. Objectivity of data and conclusions presented in industry-sponsored/supported scientific meetings are also subject to similar skepticism (3).