Table 7 Key findings

Scope of the current literature

There is a substantial body of literature documenting the prevalence of COI policies, compliance with COI policies, and concordance between disclosures in different places. While disclosure policies are broadly considered important, they often (1) fail to mitigate the risks of COI, (2) are poorly understood, and (3) inconsistently managed

Gaps in the current literature

The available literature overwhelmingly focuses on disclosure and transparency. This is little to no research on other kinds of policy interventions that might more effectively mitigate against the risks of COI

Recommendations

COI policy research should pivot away from a primary focus on disclosure and toward evaluations of novel policy interventions that might mitigate the risks of bias and/or better manage negative externalities