From UTMB: The ethics of drug development and promotion: the need for a wider view

Med Care. 2012 Nov;50(11):910-2. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31826c8767.

The ethics of drug development and promotion: the need for a wider view.

Brody H.

Source

Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1311, USA. habrody@utmb.edu

Abstract

Ethical issues at the interface between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry have generally been approached from the vantage point of medical professionalism, with a focus on conflict of interest as the key ethical concern. Although conflicts of interest remain important, other ethical issues may be obscured unless a wider perspective is adopted. Besides medical professionalism, the ethics of the clinical therapeutic relationship, ethics of public health, and business ethics all provide additional insights.