Financial support and conflict of interest

Managing financial conflict of interest in biomedical research.

AS THE NATION’S BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AGENCY, THE National Institutes of Health (NIH) must ensure that the research it funds on the behalf of US tax­ payers is scientifically rigorous and free of bias. Over the course of more than 65 years and hundreds of thou­ sands of awards, most researchers receiving funds from NIH have proved to be trustworthy stewards. Still, more must be done to retain, an...

Capitation and conflict of interest.

Conflict of evidence or conflict of interest?

We at EBSJ appreciate a substantial and mostly positive echo to the editorial titled “BMP: evidence in the name of science?” (EBSJ Volume 2, Issue 4). Thank you to all who have voiced their interest and support of our unique publication. Other publications have also echoed the desirability of a reevaluation of the methodology and conclusions of the article by Carragee et al titled: “A critical ...

Editorial interest in conflict of interest.

www.cmj.hr This year’s first issue of the Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) did not feature only the new design of the journal (1) but also an update of its Guidelines for Authors (2), made regularly for each volume. We can only hope that our authors did notice the changes, as editorial experience and research evidence show that readers do not read journal documents (3) and that journals do not ke...

The legal and ethical issues surrounding financial conflict of interest in orthopaedic research.