Disclosure should strengthen governance at multiple points

When politicians are held to higher standards than doctors, tighter regulation of our conflicts of interest is surely overdue.1 Progress has been slow because it has relied on self regulation—itself a conflict of interest. Moves by the drug industry are welcome, but the General Medical Council should recognise the need to target regulation across the drug industry-doctor-publishing complex.

Information on financial ties should not only be published on a central register but be actively used to …