Conflict of interest policies at Belgian medical faculties: cross-sectional study indicates little oversight

peer reviewed ; Medical students encounter pharmaceutical marketing on a reuglar basis from their first year at university onwards. Several studies have demonstrated the impact it has on the perception of students toward the place of pharmaceutical industry in medicine. It also has an impact on the quantity, the costs and the frequency of physicians prespcription with a decrease in the quality. Thereby, importance of managing interactions between pharmaceutical industry and healthcare profesionnals is not to be demonstrated. These interactions happen in a context of decresing public subsidies... Mehr ...