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Science 3 March 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5458, p. 1573
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5458.1573a
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
NEJM Admits Breaking Its Own Tough Rules

Constance Holden

The New England Journal of Medicine, which prides itself on having the toughest conflict-of-interest guidelines for authors in scientific publishing, has been forced to admit that it has been regularly breaching those standards. Whereas some researchers say that the missteps show that such strict standards are impractical, the journal's editors see them as a spur to do better.

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