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To the Editor: Regarding the editorial on editorials and conflicts of interest (Oct. 3 issue),¹ in which you extend the definition of a conflict of interest for editorialists to include one-time consulting fees, as well as ongoing financial associations, I wonder whether you aren't setting a standard that is too extreme. As a primary care physician who is often invited to dinner lectures sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, I wonder why the fees for the speakers on such occasions wouldn't fall into the same category. Why is it less compromising to accept such fees for repeated lectures to physicians on therapeutics . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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