Medical specialists and pharmaceutical industry‐sponsored research: a survey of the Australian experience

Objectives: To characterise research relationships between medical specialists and the pharmaceutical industry in Australia. Design and setting: Questionnaire survey of medical specialists listed in the Medical Directory of Australia and believed to be in active practice, conducted in 2002 and 2003....

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Published in:Medical journal of Australia 2005-06, Vol.182 (11), p.557-560
Main Authors: Henry, David A, Hill, Suzanne R, Doran, Evan, Newby, David A, Henderson, Kim M, Maguire, Jane, Stokes, Barrie J, Kerridge, Ian H, McNeill, Paul M, Day, Richard O, Macdonald, Graham J
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Language:English
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Australia
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical medicine
Clinical trials
Collaboration
Conflict of Interest
Drug Industry
Ethics and law
Ethics, Research
General aspects
Humans
Medical sciences
Medicine - statistics & numerical data
Pharmaceutical industry
Physicians
Private Practice
Publication Bias
Questionnaires
Research funding
Research Personnel
Research Support as Topic
Scientific Misconduct
Specialization
Statistics, epidemiology and research design
Surveys and Questionnaires
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Objectives: To characterise research relationships between medical specialists and the pharmaceutical industry in Australia. Design and setting: Questionnaire survey of medical specialists listed in the Medical Directory of Australia and believed to be in active practice, conducted in 2002 and 2003. Main outcome measures: Details of medical specialists’ involvement in pharmaceutical industry‐sponsored research, and reports of potentially undesirable research outcomes. Results: Of 2120 specialists approached, 823 (39%) responded. Participation in pharmaceutical industry‐sponsored research was more commonly reported by those in salaried practice (49%) than those in private practice (33%); P 
ISSN:0025-729X
1326-5377
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06813.x