Association Between Conflicts of Interest and Authors' Positions on Harms of Varenicline: a Cross-Sectional Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have investigated the relationship between industry funding/conflicts of interest and authors' positions in opinion pieces on drug safety. Harmful effects of varenicline, a treatment for smoking cessation, have been highly contested.

Objective

To examine the association between pharmaceutical industry funding/authors' financial conflicts of interest and position on varenicline in opinion articles, especially in relation to the minimization of harms; to assess whether opinion pieces on drug safety issues written by authors with conflicts of interest are more frequently cited in the news or social media.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis.

Participants

English language opinion pieces and narrative reviews about varenicline published between Ma

SUBMITTER: Fabbri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature