Medical Journals Corrupted by Drug Company Dependance
Dr. Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal and current chief executive of UnitedHealth Europe, recently expressed his concern over the number of articles printed in scholarly journals funded by the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Smith states:
Unlike advertisements, trials are seen by readers as the highest form of evidence, he says. Trials funded by drug companies rarely produce unfavourable results and make up between two thirds and three quarters of the trials published in key journals.
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