Agencies “failed miserably” over COX 2 inhibitor

In this News article by Barbara Kermode-Scott, we inadvertently attributed the opening statement (about the failings of two of North America's regulatory agencies) to the Canadian Medical Association (BMJ 2005;330:113, 15 Jan). Later in the article we make it clear that the source of the statement is CMAJ. Although CMAJ is the journal of the Canadian Medical Association, it is at “arms length” from the association.