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Resolving Unreported Conflicts of Interest
Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH;
Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA
JAMA. 2009;302(2):198-199.
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Conflicts of interest have taken an increasingly prominent role in politics, business, and medicine. High-profile examples of undisclosed or incompletely reported financial conflicts of interest have been well publicized. There have been recent investigations by academic centers and lawmakers into unreported conflicts of interest by physicians1-2 and recommendations for more transparent reporting of potential conflicts of interest by faculty and researchers.3-5
Despite this increased attention, episodes of unreported financial conflicts of interest continue to occur. JAMA editors take issues of undisclosed conflicts of interest very seriously and investigate such allegations rigorously. In investigating such allegations, we follow our standard policies and procedures, which involve conducting our own independent investigation and contacting the authors whose disclosures are challenged. We require the authors to verify or refute the allegations and to provide a detailed explanation to support their position. In addition, we . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Author Affiliations: Dr DeAngelis (cathy.deangelis@jama-archives.org) is Editor in Chief and Dr Fontanarosa is Executive Deputy Editor, JAMA.
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