Via the Healthcare Economist, Jason:
Ghostwriting by Pharmaceutical Companies
Academic journals are places where medical practitioners can go to view the latest, most cutting-edge, medical technologies. These journals are peer reviewed and are supposed to be places where rigorous, unbiased research is conducted. Some of these articles may not be as unbiased as once thought.
NPR’s Marketplace reports [...]
As I have noted, I have serious concerns about how medical research is conducted. Now, there is evidence that we should be worrying about the authorship of the articles.
JAMA article on ghostwriting medical studies
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a piece today on ghostwriting of medical research. Thanks to the Vioxx lawsuits, the [...]
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