How do YOU respond to Conflicts of Interest?

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How do YOU respond to Conflicts of Interest? Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 136 examines conflicts of interest in primary care and the pharmaceutical industry. Conclusions: Industry sponsorship of clinical trials can lead to biased conclusions, including exaggerated claims of efficacy and underestimation of harms. Sponsorship influences research design, conduct, publication, and use of results in systematic reviews and guidelines. Many Key Opinion Leaders provide promotion, not unbiased education. In research reports, review articles, guidelines, or continuing professional development events, look for commercial sponsorships. Ask yourself “Who paid for this and why? Is bias likely? What am I not being told?” Look for evidence reviews (like those from the Therapeutics Initiative) that strictly avoid conflicts of interest.

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Title	How do YOU respond to Conflicts of Interest?
Alternate Title	Therapeutics Letter 136
Creator	Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued	2022-04
Description	Therapeutics Letter 136 examines conflicts of interest in primary care and the pharmaceutical industry. Conclusions: Industry sponsorship of clinical trials can lead to biased conclusions, including exaggerated claims of efficacy and underestimation of harms. Sponsorship influences research design, conduct, publication, and use of results in systematic reviews and guidelines. Many Key Opinion Leaders provide promotion, not unbiased education. In research reports, review articles, guidelines, or continuing professional development events, look for commercial sponsorships. Ask yourself “Who paid for this and why? Is bias likely? What am I not being told?” Look for evidence reviews (like those from the Therapeutics Initiative) that strictly avoid conflicts of interest.
Subject	Bias; Conflict of Interest; Drug Industry; Education, Medical
Genre	Other
Type	Text
Language	eng
Notes	The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available	2023-06-20
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0433714
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85124
Affiliation	Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status	Reviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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