Posts Tagged ‘anti-trust’

Relationships Between Authors of Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Choudhry, Stelfox, and Detsky, JAMA.  Study from the University of Toronto citing the involvement of 87% of clinical practice guidelines authors in conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical industry. Includes tables.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/287/5/612

Study Says Clinical Guides Often Hide Ties of Doctors

New York Times.  News article cites a University of Toronto study that discovered 90% of medical guidelines authors had conflicts of interest.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E0DA1E3DF935A35751C0A9649C8B63

Agreement Ends Lyme Disease Investigation by Connecticut Attorney General

The Infectious Diseases Society’s press release press release on CT Attorney General Blumenthal ‘s investigation into the improprieties of the authors of the IDSA Lyme guidelines, which resulted in a settlement in which the guidelines will be reviewed by an impartial panel.

http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=11182

Attorney General: Attorney General’s Investigation Reveals Flawed Lyme Disease Guideline Process, IDSA Agrees to Reassess Guidelines, Install Independent Arbiter

A government press release on CT Attorney General Blumenthal ‘s investigation into the improprieties of the authors of the IDSA Lyme guidelines, which resulted in a settlement in which the guidelines will be reviewed by an impartial panel.

http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?Q=414284&A=2795

An Agreement Between the Attorney General of the State of Connecticut and the Infectious Diseases Society of America

This legal document outlines the agreement between the State of Connecticut and the IDSA concerning reviewing and revising the IDSA Lyme treatment guidelines.

http://www.ct.gov/ag/lib/ag/health/idsaagreement.pdf