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Greater transparency needed in publishing information from clinical trials

An initiative from the drugs regulator, the European Medicines Agency, to commit to releasing all of the information from clinical trials once the marketing authorization process has ended, which has been greeted with cautious ...

Other created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Spin' in media reports of scientific articles

Press releases and news stories reporting the results of randomized controlled trials often contain "spin"—specific reporting strategies (intentional or unintentional) emphasizing the beneficial effect of the experimental ...

Other created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in five medical journal articles include honorary and ghost authors

Just over one in five (21%) of articles published in six leading medical journals in 2008 have evidence of honorary and ghost authorship, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Other created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0