tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6747036583768694007..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: An honest conflict of interest statementChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-13923914423145685932010-01-19T12:19:41.911+00:002010-01-19T12:19:41.911+00:00Peer-review is no guarantee for unbiased science. ...Peer-review is no guarantee for unbiased science. Often, the peer-reviewers know each others and the author (or recognize him easily).Peer-reviewers often are biased too, most, if not all of them probably participate in the Globalink as well.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821473060642204067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-22366281272206404532010-01-19T12:09:34.135+00:002010-01-19T12:09:34.135+00:00Here's an example of lack of clarity. The staf...Here's an example of lack of clarity. The staff of the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies list their interests here.<br />http://www.ukctcs.org/ukctcs/competing_interests.php<br />Several detail links with drug companies, but not John Britton of ASH UK. Yet here:<br />http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7640/358,<br />he declares,<br />"Competing interests: JB has collaborated in a multicentre randomised clinical trial comparing varenicline with nicotine replacement therapy funded by Pfizer, and has consulted for a company developing a nicotine vaccine."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com