BMJ 2008;336:14 (5 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.39428.617431.DB
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Royal college sets up working party to improve relations between doctors and drug industry
Annabel Ferriman
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The Royal College of Physicians has set up a joint working party with the drug industry to try to create a better relationship between doctors and drug companies, so as to improve the care of patients.
The group, chaired by Richard Horton, editor of the Lancet, is taking oral evidence from doctors and academics and representatives of the industry, medical journals, and regulators. It has also asked interested parties to submit written evidence by 31 March.
In a letter inviting submissions Dr Horton and Ian Gilmore, the college’s president, say: "There are barriers perceived to exist between the industry, the NHS and academic medicine that inhibit a truly dynamic and productive relationship between the key players, working in the best interests of patients.
"The Royal College of Physicians identified a need to look into this relationship and to examine in some detail the political, economic, commercial, organisational, professional and
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