title: The gastroenterologist and industry: changing winds.
abstract: The medical device and pharmaceutical industry is facing mounting pressure to produce cost-effectiveness and clinical-effectiveness data in order for their products to be acceptable for approval by the Federal Drug Administration and then for payer reimbursement. The implications of these increasing burdens on our field will become apparent in everyday practice. This article outlines these challenges and discusses possible ways to improve the situation.
authors.affiliation: Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, DeLegge Medical, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. deleggem@musc.edu
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Delegge
mesh_terms: D004345:Drug Industry; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000941:ethics; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000941:ethics; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000941:ethics