Wednesday, October 21, 2009
So that's what that slide does.
The disclosure slide has become a standard feature of medical lectures. A good percentage of the time speakers disclose nothing, or something silly like their love of the Yankees.
But yesterday, at the ACR meeting, I saw a disclosure slide that even the speaker himself described as "very conflicted." This doctor was there to offer his expertise on osteoporosis drugs so it's not exactly shocking that's he worked with a long list of pharma companies.
Even so, his potential conflicts stuck in my mind, popping up when he expressed suspicion about the effectiveness of generics or pooh-poohed concerns about side effects. For example, "there have been more papers written about osteonecrosis of the jaw associated with bisphosphonates than there have been cases."
Of course, there's no way to know if an interested expert is actually conflicted, but I do now have the anecdotal proof that those disclosure slides serve as more than just an opening for the speaker's warm-up joke.
Labels: conflict-of-interest, rheumatology
posted by Stacey Butterfield at
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