Curbing the influence of the drug industry: a British view

PLoS Med. 2005 Sep;2(9):e241. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020241. Epub 2005 Aug 2.

Abstract

Smith explores the implications of a recent report from Britain's House of Commons Health Committee that examined the pharmaceutical industry's influence upon medicine.

MeSH terms

  • Advisory Committees*
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Drug Industry / ethics*
  • Gift Giving / ethics
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Humans
  • Marketing / ethics*
  • Persuasive Communication
  • Public Policy*
  • Research
  • United Kingdom