title: The New England Journal of Medicine: commercial conflict of interest and revisiting the Vioxx scandal.
abstract: At a recent cardiology conference in New Delhi, the cardiologist Deepak Natarajan raised the concern that commercial conflicts of interest (COIs) were corrupting medical journals. Natarajan cited "manipulated" publications in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) as one example to support his view. His comments were met with silence and an air of indignation. Natarajan's medical colleagues were stunned, disbelieving, and then, angry.
authors.affiliation: Health Research Associates, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 3S4, Canada,. markwilson1920@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D006801:Humans; D007783:Lactones; D009511:New England; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D011643:Publishing / Q000941:ethics*; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D013450:Sulfones
chemical_list: D007783:Lactones; D013450:Sulfones; C116926:rofecoxib