Conflicts of Interest in Pharmaceutical Industry-Funded Patient Advocacy Groups: The Case of Public Reimbursement for Medicines

Authors

  • David Hughes Programmes de bioéthique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Keywords:

conflict of interest, interest group, pharmaceutical industry, anti-cancer

Language(s):

French

Abstract

Some patient interest groups and other pressure groups in the health sector solicit the pharmaceutical industry to obtain funding. I raise and discuss some issues that can result from this type of relationship.

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Published

2013-01-27

Issue

Vol. 2 (2013)

Section

Case studies

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Copyright (c) 2013 David Hughes

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