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To the Editor: In 1990, I proposed the Journal's stringent policy for authors of review articles and editorials¹ because I thought it was the best way to preserve our readers' confidence in the objectivity of those articles. The recent extraordinary expansion of academic–industrial ties arguably may necessitate some revision of that policy, as Drs. Drazen and Curfman suggest in their editorial (June 13 issue),² but I do not think the new guidelines are sufficiently strict or explicit. A limit on honorariums of $10,000 per annum per company still allows total payments large enough to influence authors' attitudes. And prohibition . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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