BMJ  2004;329:624 (11 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7466.624-b

Letter

Editorial independence at the BMJ

NEJM editor says facts in letter are wrong and accusations reckless...

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EDITOR—In his letter on an editorial oversight committee for the BMJ Sackett makes patently false statements about the New England Journal of Medicine and the Massachusetts Medical Society.¹ The society has never during my tenure or that of my predecessors suggested accepting or declining a paper for any reason, let alone a commercial one. The journal's editors have complete editorial independence.

The statements made by Sackett must be corrected to set the record straight; an apology is due to the journal and the Massachusetts Medical Society.

New England Journal of Medicine, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451-1413, USA kpedersen@nejm.org

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Competing interests: JMD is editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine.

1. Sackett DL. Editorial independence at the BMJ. BMJ 2004;329: 350. (7 August.)[Free Full Text]

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