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Financial Conflicts of Interest During Meetings of the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee by Blake Bertolino; Nicholas Kinder; Craig Cooper; Harrison Gray; Wade Arthur; Joseph Ahlander; Alainna Simpson; Matt Vassar is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Context: The Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee (CRDAC) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews safety and efficacy data for cardiovascular and renal drugs, ultimately making recommendations to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for approval. The Open Public Hearing segment of these meetings allows for patients, advocates, healthcare professionals, clinical trialists, and members of the public to provide testimony, which often results in expressing their preference for, or against, drug approval. Prior to providing testimony, the public speakers are highly encouraged to disclose any financial conflicts of interest (FCOIs) with the sponsor or other groups. Given the potential influence of these speakers on drug approval recommendations, we investigated the industry associations disclosed by public speakers in the Open Public Hearing section of the CRDAC meetings. Previous studies, such as one done by Lurie et al. indicated that positive testimony is tied to a higher likelihood of drug approval, and because drug companies provide financial compensation for speakers to provide testimony in general, we wanted to determine the likelihood with which speakers w

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Author

Blake Bertolino; Nicholas Kinder; Craig Cooper; Harrison Gray; Wade Arthur; Joseph Ahlander; Alainna Simpson; Matt Vassar

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)