Healthy Skepticism Library item: 16630

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Publication type: Journal Article

Drazen JM, Van Der Weyden MB, Sahni P, Rosenberg J, Marusic A, Laine C, Kotzin S, Horton R, Hébert PC, Haug C, Godlee F, Frizelle FA, de Leeuw PW, DeAngelis CD
Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals
JAMA 2009 Oct 13; 303:(1):
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/2009.1542v1

Abstract:

Disclosure of financial associations of authors of articles published in biomedical journals has become common practice. The information provided in these disclosures helps the reader to understand the relationships between the authors and various commercial entities that may have an interest in the information reported in the published article. At present, many journals ask authors to report such relationships by completing a form with information about their financial associations. The journals then either post the complete information online or create a summary of the information and publish . . .