Conflict of Interest in Clinical Practice Guidelines

A colleague on the Academy of Cognitive Therapy mailinglist writes:

Today's JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) has a rather interesting paper on the issue of conflict of interest in the drafting of clinical practice guidelines:

"Eighty-seven percent of authors had some form of interaction with the pharmaceutical industry. Fifty-eight percent had received financial support to perform research and 38% had served as employees or consultants for a pharmaceutical company."

I find the final statistic ("38% had served as employees or consultants for a pharmaceutical company") particularly sobering.

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