Background and Objective : Conflict of Interest arises in situations wherein professional judgment concerning chief concerns such as education, patient treatment or research, may be intemperately affected by ancillary interest such as monetary gain and one’s own standing. The objective of the study is to get an insight about the conflict of interest that arises in the sectors of medical research, practice and in teaching. This narrative review aims to map the existing knowledge about the subject so as to help formulate enforceable clinical practice guidelines.

Methods and Results: A broad based literature search was conducted on Scopus, PubMed and Google Scholar. Keywords “Conflict of Interest” ,“Bioethics” were used in the search. 17 manuscripts were eligible for data collection.

Discussion: Since conflict of interest will always be omnipresent part of human interactions, rather than looking for ways to eliminate it,  one should find methods by which they can be regulated and peacefully settled.