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Leonardo Alves, Teresa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4967-1916
Lexchin, Joel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5120-8029
Mintzes, Barbara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8671-915X
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Article History
Received: 4 October 2017
Accepted: 6 March 2018
First Online: 2 May 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Teresa Alves has no conflicts to declare. In 2015–2017 Joel Lexchin received payment from two non-profit organizations for being a consultant on a project looking at indication based prescribing and a second looking at which drugs should be distributed free of charge by general practitioners. In 2015 he received payment from a for-profit organization for being on a panel that discussed expanding drug insurance in Canada. He is on the Foundation Board of Health Action International. Barbara Mintzes has acted as an expert witness on behalf of plaintiffs in Canadian class action suits on hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer and cardiovascular risks of testosterone. She has no additional conflicts to declare.
