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Nature 437, 1070-1071 (20 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371070a; Published online 19 October 2005

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Cash interests taint drug advice

Rosie Taylor & Jim Giles

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Nature exposes close ties between scientists and manufacturers.

Researchers and physicians who write the rules on prescribing drugs have extensive financial connections with the pharmaceutical industry, an investigation by Nature has revealed. Public-health experts say that the results of the survey, which is the largest of its kind, suggest that drug companies are distorting decisions about how their products are being prescribed.