CONTEXT Despite increasing awareness about the potential impact of financial conflicts of interest on biomedical research, no comprehensive synthesis of the body of evidence relating to financial conflicts of interest has been performed. OBJECTIVE To review original, quantitative studies on the extent, impact, and management of financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research. DATA SO...

This perspective is from that of one who has served recently at both the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It is therefore biased from the point of view of the US Government’s interest in fundamental research in information technology at these two agencies and other agencies that participate with them in Information Technology Res...

Financial Relationships between Medical Communication Companies and Industry, a letter from Murray Kopelow, MD, ACCME President and Chief Executive, published in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, April 23/3