Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals

doi:10.1056/NEJMe0909052

Volume 361:1896-1897		November 5, 2009		Number 19

Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals

Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., Martin B. Van Der Weyden, M.D., Peush Sahni, M.S., Ph.D., Jacob Rosenberg, M.D., D.Sc., Ana Marusic, M.D., Ph.D., Christine Laine, M.D., M.P.H., Sheldon Kotzin, M.L.S., Richard Horton, F.Med.Sci., Paul C. Hébert, M.D., M.H.Sc., Charlotte Haug, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc., Fiona Godlee, M.B., B.Chir., B.Sc., Frank A. Frizelle, M.B., Ch.B., Peter W. de Leeuw, M.D., Ph.D., and Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H.

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Disclosure of financial associations of authors of articlespublished in biomedical journals has become common practice.The information provided in these disclosures helps the readerto understand the relationships between the authors and variouscommercial entities that may have an interest in the informationreported in the published article. At present, many journalsask authors to report such relationships by completing a formwith information about their financial associations. The journalsthen either post the complete information online or create asummary of the information and publish it with the article inquestion. Although efforts are under way to establish . . . [Full Text of this Article]