Healthy Skepticism Library item: 15987
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Publication type: Journal Article
Bove AA.
President's Page: Relations With Industry: Thoughts on Claims of a Broken System
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 54:(2):177-179
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/54/2/177
Abstract:
In April 2009, an article written by a number of well-respected physicians appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (1). In the article, the authors recommended sweeping changes in how professional medical associations (PMAs), such as the American College of Cardiology (ACC), should interact with pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
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These recommendations assume that we all are easily influenced by relations with industry and need to be regulated; there is no comment about trust or virtue as a characteristic of the medical profession. The article implies that all physicians who receive support from industry will forever be biased to support the products of the related pharmaceutical or device company. It also implies that industry does not work for the best interests of patients or the better public good, but only for profit.