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To the Editor: Two comments seem in order with respect to the revised "Uniform Requirements" document (Sept. 13 issue).¹ First, no mention is made of the more than 100 for-profit medical communication companies.² In addition to ghostwriting entire medical research articles,^3,4 these third parties — funded wholly by drug and device manufacturers — form partnerships with investigators supported by industry sponsors to ensure that manuscripts submitted for publication have the proper spin.

Second, the document states that editors should publish information about potential conflicts of interest "if they believe it will be important to readers in judging the manuscript." This . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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