August 28, 2024, article from The Guardian.
In this commentary, Margaret McCartney raises concerns about the significant influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the UK’s National Health Service.
“When we analysed the sources of those positive recommendations, they almost always had direct or indirect financial conflict of interest – which wasn’t usually obvious. In effect, it meant that the NHS was doing tests, funded by pharma, which its own independent advisers recommended against.”
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