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To the Editor: In the otherwise excellent article by Dr Rothman and colleagues,¹ one practice was not mentioned: the sale of physician information to information management companies that in turn sell the data to pharmaceutical companies for marketing purposes. I would be interested in the authors' opinion of this practice.

Financial Disclosures: None reported.

Robert H. Jackson, MD
cbradf1@lsuhsc.edu
Department of Medicine
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Shreveport

1. Rothman DJ, McDonald WJ, Berkowitz CD; et al. Professional medical associations and their relationships with industry: a proposal for controlling conflict of interest. JAMA. 2009;301(13):1367-1372. FREE FULL TEXT

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