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LETTERS: Nick C Bradley Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B: PROSE may be as useful as POEMs BMJ 2003; 327: 105-b [Full text]

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Martine Meyer   (22 July 2003)

re: PROSE may be as useful as POEMs 22 July 2003
Martine Meyer, Consultant in Palliative Medicine Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Send response to journal: Re: re: PROSE may be as useful as POEMs	COMMENTS: I am in complete agreement with Nick C Bradley (GP) who wrote (letters: 12 July) to suggest that the BMJ publish regular reports about 'Pharmaceutical-driven Research Offering Specious Evidence' (PROSE). As evidenced by the recent BMJ issue, dedicated entirely to the somewhat uncomfortable and ambivalent relationship that we professionals have with the pharmaceutical companies - it behoves the BMJ to be pro-active in providing clear, concise, unbiased, evidence-based information about current drugs (particularly the new and very expensive 'copycats') and their relative clinical effectiveness. POEM (Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters) has proved to be a very useful and effective way of communicating clinical information relevant to our daily work, and I am sure that PROSE would be similarly welcomed. I do hope that the BMJ will consider Dr Bradley's suggestion seriously, and take it forward. Competing interests:   None declared