Exposed: $2 Billion Kickbacks by Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers to US Peer Reviewers of Major Medical Journals
A Reserach study done by Jama Network, a medical journal published by American Medical Association exposes billions of dollar payments to Peer reviews of Top Medical Journals, by pharma & drug companies to bend the research outcomes in their favor. Let us look deep into the research's finding. While most journals have established conflict of interest policies for authors, fewer extend these policies to peer reviewers [1] . In many cases, journals or editors may inquire about reviewer conflicts of interest and consider these while managing the peer review process, although publicly available reviewer conflict of interest disclosures are rare. Reviewers of leading medical journals may have industry ties due to their academic expertise. We sought to characterize payments by drug and medical device manufacturers to US peer reviewers of major medical journals. We identified peer reviewers for The BMJ, JAMA, The Lancet, and The New England Journal of Medicin...