{"id":5989,"date":"2019-08-06T17:32:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/?p=5989"},"modified":"2019-08-06T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T17:32:14","slug":"ismpp-poll-non-disclosure-of-possible-coi-by-author-%e2%80%92-what-would-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2019\/08\/06\/ismpp-poll-non-disclosure-of-possible-coi-by-author-%e2%80%92-what-would-you-do\/","title":{"rendered":"ISMPP poll: non-disclosure of possible COI by author \u2012 what would you do?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Good Publication Practice Guidelines (GPP3<\/a>) provide recommendations for best practice regarding scientific publications, but situations may arise where more than one approach seems appropriate or reasonable. In these cases, where should medical publication professionals turn for advice? A good source is the GPP3 \u2018frequently asked questions\u2019 webpage<\/a>, which provides additional guidance on a wide range of topics (including authorship criteria, rejection by multiple journals and the role of the medical writer). Additionally, such situations are being explored in a series of \u2018What would you do?\u2019 polls, conducted by the International Society of Medical Publications Professionals (ISMPP<\/a>), the results of which are published in the MAP newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The results of a recent ISMPP poll<\/a> regarding the possible non-disclosure of an author\u2019s conflict of interest (COI) were discussed in an article by Eric Y. Wong<\/a> (Janssen<\/a>). The poll asked: You are a publication professional. A non-industry author states on his\/her conflict of interest (COI) form that he\/she has \u201cno COI\u201d despite your knowledge that he\/she is engaged by several companies for consultancy and speaker engagements.<\/em> What would you do?<\/strong> The results<\/a> of the poll, which was answered by 109 respondents, were:<\/p>\n