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Conflict of Interest

Meaning

A Conflict of Interest in the clinical and research domains describes a situation where a professional’s primary duty to the patient or to the integrity of scientific inquiry is potentially compromised by a secondary interest, typically financial or personal. This ethical dilemma can arise when a clinician’s financial ties to a specific pharmaceutical company or supplement vendor might influence their treatment recommendations, potentially biasing the patient toward a non-optimal or unnecessarily expensive therapy. Transparency regarding these competing interests is a fundamental requirement for maintaining patient trust and clinical integrity in the hormonal health space.