Clinical trial data ownership question posed to researchers
Sponsors with financial interest may influence publication of unfavorable data. Institutions were asked if a multicenter trial agreement could grant sponsor ownership of produced data. The response: Yes.
Study shows drug firms influence on medical research
A Harvard led survey of 122 U.S. medical schools finds many would let sponsors draft papers or provide results, while most reject contracts enabling edit or suppression of negative findings. About two thirds fund research, raising conflict of interest concerns amid calls for more disclosure.
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Harlan Krumholz
Yale University
Michelle Mello
Harvard School of Public Health
New England Journal of Medicine
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Jerome Kassirer
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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
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State University of New York At Albany
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