title: Enhancing ties between academia and industry to improve health.
abstract: Concerns about conflicts of interest have driven a wedge between academia and the pharmaceutical and devices industries. Although elevated concern for bias is justified, particularly when academics may affect drug sales, partnerships between industry and academia are essential to achieve the full promise of health improvement from the public investment in biomedical research. New models for such partnerships are developing and should be encouraged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA. clay.johnston@ucsfmedctr.org
authors.forename: S Claiborne
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Stephen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Desmond-Hellmann
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000941:ethics; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000941:ethics; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000941:ethics; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000941:ethics; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000941:ethics