The association between a journal's source of revenue and the drug recommendations made in the articles it publishes.

  • Annette Becker
  • Fatma Dörter
  • Kirsten Eckhardt
  • Annika Viniol
  • Erika Baum
  • Michael M Kochen
  • Joel Lexchin
  • Karl Wegscheider
  • Norbert Donner-Banzhoff

Abstract

There is evidence to suggest that pharmaceutical companies influence the publication and content of research papers. Most German physicians rely on journals for their continuing medical education. We studied the influence of pharmaceutical advertising on the drug recommendations made in articles published in 11 German journals that focus on continuing medical education.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN0820-3946
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21398223