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Paid opinion leaders and GSK

The quote above is from Corridors of power, Chapter 5, by C P. Snow:

The following U-turn by GSK was reported in the BMJ:

This led the BMJ Editor in Chief to state:

I recently wrote this perspective in relation to paid opinion leaders in psychiatry:

Meantime, a small group of influential psychiatrists on social media continue to downplay the reality of paid opinion leaders and the potential consequences for good medical care.

Here are some of the paid opinion leaders in UK psychiatry [I have used information available in the public domain to construct visual summaries of the competing interests of some key opinion leaders. I have done so in the spirit of the relevant guidance of the Royal College of Psychiatrists].

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