<< Previous Section | < Previous Page | Next Page > | Next Section >> Industry Sponsorship Studies of industry sponsorship reveal profound influence over study design, analysis and interpretation of data (bias). They also engage in suppression of results (negative, AEs). They promulgate secrecy among researchers by negotiating confidentiality clauses in contracts. Sometimes results are made public while bypassing the peer review system. "Drug company money and investigator COIs have so corrupted clinical trials research that drug companies control what clinicians and patients know and don't know about the $200,000,000 worth of drugs and devices they are consuming." "This is all about bypassing science. Medicine is becoming a sort of Cloud Cuckoo Land, where doctors don't know what papers they can trust in the journals." Drummond Rennie of JAMA << Previous Section | < Previous Page | Next Page > | Next Section >> Chapter 4 Quick Links Conflicts of Interest (COI) Definitions Consequences of a COI Government Intervention Industry Sponsorship Professional Societies Clinical Practice Guidelines Other Initiatives COI in Financial Consulting Cases Bibliography Chapter 4 Download (PDF)