http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/science/19jama.html
   
  July 19, 2006


  Journal Editor Again Says She Was Misled By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO, July 18 ? Days after announcing a crackdown on researchers who do not disclose drug company ties, the editor of The Journal of the American Medical Association said she was misled again, this time by the authors of a study linking severe migraines to heart attacks in women. 

All six authors of the study have done consulting work or received research financing from makers of treatments for migraines or heart-related problems. Their research appears in Wednesday?s journal. 

The authors said they did not report their financial ties because they did not believe they were relevant to the study. The editor, Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis, said she would have published the authors associations with drug makers had she known about them. 

The journal posted a letter online Tuesday from the authors explaining the omissions, Dr. DeAngelis?s response and a correction.

Last week, the journal disclosed that the authors of a depression study failed to report ties to makers of antidepressants. And two months ago, it reported similar omissions from authors of a study linking certain arthritis drugs to cancer.

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