Some Thoughts on Conflict of Interest
I noticed that Dr. Alan Rubin’s recent Guest Post here at The Mine stirred up some heated discussion over conflict of interest (COI) — an issue that seems to lurk behind every corner in the business of health and medicine.
When is it OK to be sponsored by pharma company? And when is it OK to trash them, even as they produce the medicines and devices that keep us alive?
I’m no authority on this complex…