ten Cate J W
Afd. Inwendige Geneeskunde, Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1999 Jun 26;143(26):1349-52.
The diminished financial support by the government of clinical investigation has led to clinical units that depend for their infrastructure largely on contract research for the pharmaceutical industry. This poses a threat to the independence of scientific research, to the freedom to publish scientific results and to the continuity of the research. Moreover, it is not easy for a researcher to retain a position of integrity and independence in the face of a jungle of conflicting interests and not to let personal interests prevail. The difficult relation between the physician and the pharmaceutical industry is the subject of a forthcoming short series of articles.
政府对临床研究的资金支持减少，导致临床单位在很大程度上依赖制药行业的合同研究来维持其基础设施。这对科研的独立性、发表科研成果的自由以及研究的连续性构成了威胁。此外，面对错综复杂的利益冲突，研究人员要保持正直和独立的立场，不让个人利益占上风并非易事。医生与制药行业之间的复杂关系是即将发表的一系列短文的主题。
