divendres, 17 d’octubre del 2014

Did Tamiflu reviewers have a bad case of the financial conflict bug?




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By Tom Ulrich


This winter, if your doctor suggests that you take Tamiflu, you might want to ask for a conflict of interest statement: a new study suggests that doctors who received payments from the makers of flu-fighting neuraminidase inhibitors – drugs like Tamiflu® and Relenza® – were more likely to view the drugs' prowess in a favorable light.




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