INSTITUTE of MEDICINE REPORT on CONFLICT of INTEREST

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Tue, 04/28/2009 - 18:40

INSTITUTE of MEDICINE REPORT on CONFLICT of INTEREST

Today we saw a new marker laid down in the arena called Conflict of Interest (COI).

The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences issued a report of its Committee on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education and Practice.

The report is comprehensive, even exhaustive, running to 353 pages. Gardner Harris in the New York Times today calls it “scolding,” “stinging,” and “damning.” The recommendations go...


 

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