Ten steps to developing a national agenda to address financial conflicts of interest in industry sponsored clinical research.
Financial liaisons between clinical researchers, research institutions, and industrial sponsors have gained momentum in recent years. In the process, it has been argued by many that trust in the research infrastructure is being eroded by the financial conflicts of interest that emerge from these arrangements. Yet, the financial resources of industry are needed to continue technology transfer from the bench to the bedside. Policy makers and government regulators are currently struggling to determine how to best manage financial conflicts of interest that emerge from these liaisons. Various organizations and government entities have proposed different strategies. This paper explores the limitations of existing measures and recommends that a unified national agenda is needed. We propose 10 steps to develop an agenda to address financial conflicts of interest in industry-sponsored clinical research.
Tereskerz
Patricia M
PM
Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800758, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. pjm7s@virginia.edu
Moreno
Jonathan
J
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