Financial ties between leaders of influential US professional medical associations and industry: cross sectional study
Study reports that financial links between leaders of influential US professional medical associations and industry are extensive (235 of 328 [(72%]), with variation among the associations. Total payments for 2017-19 leadership were ~$130m with median amount per leader of $31 805
Source:
British Medical Journal
SPS commentary:
An editorial proposes five actions to tackle financial conflicts of interest in medicine which could mitigate or even eliminate the overwhelming presence of financial conflicts of interest among medical societies and associations. This would protect these groups from producing biased documents or policies, which in turn would protect all physicians and the patients they treat.