Health Professionals Risk of Conflict of Interest Even From Routine Meals Sponsored by Drug Firms: Expert

Health Professionals Risk of Conflict of Interest Even From Routine Meals Sponsored by Drug Firms: Expert
A nurse goes to assist a patient at the COVID-19 and flu assessment clinic at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on May 12, 2020. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
Marina Zhang
Updated:

Frequent interaction between pharmaceutical firms and health professionals increase the likelihood of a conflict of interest, according to one expert.

Associate Prof. Barbara Mintzes at the University of Sydney told The Epoch Times there was a correlation between a health practitioner being invited to lunch by a pharmaceutical representative, and the practitioner later promoting that same drug.

Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health writer for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She mainly covers stories on COVID-19 and the healthcare system and has a bachelors in biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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