Industry-funded research: Vitamin D and Covid-19
I was interested to come across this paper: Conflict of Interests in the Scientific Production on Vitamin D and COVID-19: A Scoping Review.   Front Public Health. 2022 Jul 11;10:821740.   doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.821740. eCollection 2022. Results and conclusions: Studies were funded by companies in the diagnostics, pharmaceutical and food sectors. Conclusions favorable to vitamin D supplementation were more prevalent in papers […]
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I was interested to come across this paper: Conflict of Interests in the Scientific Production on Vitamin D and COVID-19: A Scoping Review.   Front Public Health. 2022 Jul 11;10:821740.   doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.821740. eCollection 2022. Results and conclusions:Â
Studies were funded by companies in the diagnostics, pharmaceutical and food sectors.
Conclusions favorable to vitamin D supplementation were more prevalent in papers where COI was identified (9/13, 69.2%) than among papers where COI was not found (4/16, 25.0%).
Omissions of disclosure of COI, funding source, and sponsor functions were observed.
The identification of possible corporate political activities in scientific papers about vitamin D published during the COVID-19 pandemic signals a need for greater transparency and guideline development on the prevention of COI in scientific production.
Comment:Â Â Not many studies look at disclosure issues this close...
The post Industry-funded research: Vitamin D and Covid-19 appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.
I was interested to come across this paper: Conflict of Interests in the Scientific Production on Vitamin D and COVID-19: A Scoping Review.   Front Public Health. 2022 Jul 11;10:821740.   doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.821740. eCollection 2022. Results and conclusions:Â
Studies were funded by companies in the diagnostics, pharmaceutical and food sectors.
Conclusions favorable to vitamin D supplementation were more prevalent in papers where COI was identified (9/13, 69.2%) than among papers where COI was not found (4/16, 25.0%).
Omissions of disclosure of COI, funding source, and sponsor functions were observed.
The identification of possible corporate political activities in scientific papers about vitamin D published during the COVID-19 pandemic signals a need for greater transparency and guideline development on the prevention of COI in scientific production.
Comment:Â Â Not many studies look at disclosure issues this close...
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