Drug companies are not alone

doi:10.1136/bmj.b761

Published 24 February 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b761
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b761

Letters

Reframing relations with Pharma

Drug companies are not alone

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Although I agree with Godlee about pharmaceutical companiesand their interaction with doctors and continuing medical education,¹they are not the only sinners. The same could just as easilybe said about medical device manufacturers and their relationswith clinicians—for example, about joint prostheses andorthopaedic surgeons and pacemakers and cardiologists.

If we are going to address this issue, let’s do it comprehensively,not just for drug companies.

Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b761

Michael B Mundorff, project manager¹

¹ Primary Children’s Medical Centre, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA

Michael.Mundorff@iMail.org

Competing interests: None declared.