[Ip-health] industry support for drug reviews

[Aidan Hollis]

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The BMJ has a study comparing industry-funded drug reviews with Cochrane re=
views.

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"Compared with industry supported reviews and reviews with undeclared suppo=
rt, Cochrane reviews had more often considered the potential for bias in th=
e review-for example, by describing the method of concealment of allocation=
 and describing excluded patients or studies. The seven industry supported =
reviews that had conclusions recommended the experimental drug without rese=
rvations, compared with none of the Cochrane reviews, although the estimate=
d treatment effect was similar on average. Reviews with undeclared support =
and reviews with not for profit support or no support had conclusions that =
were similar in cautiousness to the Cochrane reviews. "

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http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/333/7572/782
Aidan Hollis

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Department of Economics
University of Calgary

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