(westpalmbeach.injuryboard.com): Though celebrities, executives, and politicians may have ghostwriters for speeches; using ghostwriters when publishing medical research and reports presents dangers to appropriate medical treatment and to the professional credibility of medical experts. After reports surfaced that drug companies were using educational grants from the Senate Finance Committee (hereinafter ‘Committee’) to finance and promote off-label uses of their drugs [uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter “FDA”)], the Committee inquired about financial relationships between pharmaceutical & device companies and articles published in medical journals. The Committee’s inquiry resulted in distinct cases where there existed inconsistencies between the amount in payments physicians and scientists (authors of medical articles) received from drug companies and the amount reported by the institutions.
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