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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
[American judge preserves confidentiality in the peer review process]
1Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, afd. Medische Informatiekunde, Nijmegen. a.overbeke@mi.umcn.nl
Abstract:
Pharmaceutical concern Pfizer subpoenaed various medical journals, including JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine, to hand over confidential documents relating to studies on its cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors celecoxib and valdecoxib. Pfizer wanted this information to help defend 3000 product liability lawsuits over alleged side effects of the 2 drugs. However, a federal judge in Chicago rejected the company's bid, thereby preserving the confidentiality of the peer review process. It is unlikely that subpoenas like this will take place in the Netherlands.
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