Industry funding of patients' support groups: Objectives of patients, clinicians, and industry are similar

EDITOR-As the British umbrella organisation representing the interests of all people with skin diseases and their patients' groups, the Skin Care Campaign welcomed the balanced approach taken by Herxheimer in his article on the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and patients'...

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Published in:BMJ 2003-08, Vol.327 (7410), p.343-344
Main Author: Lapsley, Peter M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
Consumer Organizations - economics
Drug Industry - economics
Financing, Organized
Funding
Interprofessional Relations
Letters
Patients
Pharmaceutical industry
Skin
Skin diseases
Social support
Support groups
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Summary:EDITOR-As the British umbrella organisation representing the interests of all people with skin diseases and their patients' groups, the Skin Care Campaign welcomed the balanced approach taken by Herxheimer in his article on the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and patients' organisations. 1 However, we contest the argument that industry will if nothing else influence policy if it directly or indirectly funds a large part of the budget.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.327.7410.343-c