Show Me the Evidence: The Ethical Aspects of Pharmaceutical Marketing, Evidence-Based Medicine, and Rational Prescribing
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Several recent newspaper exposés have revealed previously unreported fi nancial relationships between prominent physician researchers and various pharmaceutical companies. Such stories raise serious questions about the objectivity of such research and whether improved eff ectiveness and safety of pharmaceutical agents is as important as commercial profi t to the pharmaceutical industry or the direct fi nancial benefi ts researchers may derive from their scientifi c activities.[1, 2]
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