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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE (2006)

Secret Ties to Industry and Conflicting Interests in Cancer Research

MOTOROLA, THE SWEDISH RADIATION PROTECTION AGENCY, INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE, BOICE, AND MCLAUGHLIN. "Another example of industry ties to research, but not one where there was a failure to disclose, involves the potential association between cellular phones and brain tumors"

Viernes 17 de noviembre de 2006 · 1870 lecturas

Background Recently it was reported that a Swedish professor in environmental healthhas for decades worked as a consultant for Philip Morris without reporting his employment to his academic employer or declaring conflicts of interest in his research. The potential for distorting the epidemiological assessments of hazard and risk through paid consultants, pretending to be independent, is not exclusive to the tobacco industry.

Methods Documentation is drawn from peer reviewed publications, websites, documents from the Environmental Protection Agency, University reports, Wellcome Library Special Collections and the Washington Post.

Results Some consulting firms employ university researchers for industry work thereby disguising industry links in the income of large departments. If the industry affiliation is concealed by the scientist, biases from conflicting interests in risk assessments cannot be evaluated and dealt with properly. Furthermore, there is reason to suspect that editors and journal staff may suppress publication of scientific results that are adverse to industry owing to internal conflict of interest between editorial integrity and business needs.

Conclusions Examples of these problems from Sweden, UK, and USA are presented. The shortfalls cited in this article illustrate the need for improved transparency, regulations that will help curb abuses as well as instruments for control and enforcement against abuses. Am. J. Ind. Med. 2006.

- 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

KEY WORDS: cancer research; conflicts of interest; consulting ethics; industry sponsors

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE (2006)

Secret Ties to Industry and Conflicting Interests in Cancer Research

MOTOROLA, THE SWEDISH RADIATION PROTECTION AGENCY, INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE, BOICE, AND MCLAUGHLIN

"Another example of industry ties to research, but not one where there was a failure to disclose, involves the potential association between cellular phones and brain tumors"