Conflict (Duality) of interest occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other.
Diabetes guideline are powerful documents which are challenging to develop and need near-continual updating given the pace of new developments.
Transparency is a critical element in guideline development - Conflict (Duality) of interest are nearly ubiquitous among experts in this field.
The pendulum is swinging toward the individualization of A1c goals.
Algorithms for diabetes care are mostly consensus documents since few head-to-head, long-term trials exist to inform us about best practices.
Clinical judgment sometimes trumps "evidence- based" guidelines.
We control the market for products that we neither pay for nor consume, and whose unwanted consequences are experienced by other people.