Conflict of Interest

Sir,

Given the intense pharmaceutical and often controversial involvement in the treatment of anaemia in chronic kidney disease, it is surprising that the authors of the reply letter [1] to the criticism of their paper [2] fail to declare the financial support they have received from the relevant companies when they made this declaration in their original publication some months earlier [3].

This omission raises the question of the value of voluntary compliance with conflict of interest declarations when authors fail to comply with the requirements of the conflict of interest form which is very clear, detailed and comprehensive in its format. The omission of conflict of interest declarations in industry sponsored supplements in Nephrology, Dialysis Transplantation is another example of the laxity employed in the observance of full compliance.

Conflict of interest statement. The author is a consultant for Fresenius Medical Care GmBH and Nipro Corporation, Japan.

Stanley Shaldon, MA MD FRCP

25 Le Michelangelo 7 Avenue des Papalins Monaco 98000 Email: stanley_shaldon{at}monaco377.com

References

  1. Locatelli F, Pisoni RL, Port FK, Feldman HI, Held PJ. Reply letter to Does dose matter? Nephrol Dial Transplant 2004; 19: 1658–1659[Free Full Text]
  2. Zhang Y, Thamer M, Stefanik K, Cotter DJ. Does dose matter? Nephrol Dial Transplant 2004; 19: 1658 (letter)[Free Full Text]
  3. Locatelli F, Pisoni RL, Combe C et al. Anaemia in haemodialysis patients of five European countries: association with morbidity and mortality in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrol Dial Transplant 2004; 19: 121–132[Abstract/Free Full Text]




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