Funders must be wary of industry alliances

Citation

Bauld L (2018) Funders must be wary of industry alliances. Nature, 560, Art. No.: 283. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05937-w

Abstract
Do you consider yourself a type A personality — ambitious and impatient? If so, you can thank the tobacco industry for that bit of self-knowledge. For decades, the cigarette companies Philip Morris International and R. J. Reynolds supported and promoted studies linking a driven personality to an increased risk of heart disease. The apparent motivation? To raise questions over smoking as a contributor. Subsequent research by scientists without funding from the tobacco industry did not link type A personalities to higher rates of disease or death.

Keywords
advisory committee; conflict of interest; economics; ethics; financial management; human; industry; national health organization; organization and management; public-private partnership; social welfare; statistical bias; United States, Advisory Committees; Bias; Charities; Conflict of Interest; Financing, Organized; Humans; Industry; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); Public-Private Sector Partnerships; Research Support as Topic; United States

Journal
Nature: Volume 560