منابع مشابه
Financial ties and conflicts of interest between pharmaceutical and tobacco companies.
Corporate diversification allows for well-hidden financial ties between pharmaceutical and tobacco companies, which can cause a conflict of interest in the development and marketing of pharmaceutical products. In our investigation of tobacco company documents released and posted on the Internet as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement, we have found that these financial ties have fostered...
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FINANCIAL TIES BETWEEN COMPAniesproducingaddictive tobacco productsandcompaniesproducing drugs to treat or alleviate the addiction are a potential conflict of interest.Several typesof financial tiescanexist. For example, one company could be the sole supplier of a product that is needed by another company. Or, a company could be financially dependent on sales fromanothercompany.Corporatediversi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: MedEdPORTAL
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2374-8265
DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.3138