Competing interests

1) Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the results of your study or the conclusions of your review, editorial, or letter?

a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium?
No
b) A fee for speaking?
Yes - received from education and journalism groups not funded by industry.
c) A fee for organising education?
No
d) Funds for research?
No
e) Funds for a member of staff?
No
f) Fees for consulting?
No

2) Have you in the past five years been employed by an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the results of your study or the conclusions of your review, editorial, or letter?

BMJ - the journal could potentially stand to lose advertising income based on some of my critiques of industry and it is forced to expend extra paid labor to fact check my articles which are invariably more difficult to vet than many other articles.

3) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the results of your study or the conclusions of your review, editorial, or letter?

No - (I think. I have a paltry amount of retirement funds in TIAA-CREF , which invests in ways I don't know - however, if there is any pharma/device funding in the account, I would generally be harmed and not benefitted by my critiques and exposes.)

4) Have you acted as an expert witness on the subject of your study, review, editorial, or letter?
No

5) Do you have any other competing financial interests? If so, please specify.

None