TY - JOUR T1 - Letter to the editors JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 387 LP - 388 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203044 VL - 68 IS - 4 AU - Jørgen Vestbo AU - Roberto Rodriguez-Roisin Y1 - 2013/04/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/68/4/387.1.abstract N2 - We read with interest your ‘Highlights from this Issue’ in the November issue of Thorax.1 We noticed that you had a fresh comment on Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD) not recommending macrolides to prevent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).We also noted that you hinted that it was probably too cheap for GOLD—suggesting that we were in the pockets of ‘big pharma’. We find the remark hurtful and wrong. GOLD does … ER -