More on legal remedies for ghostwriting
In an Essay that expands on a previous proposal to use the courts to prosecute those involved in ghostwriting on the basis of it being legal fraud, Xavier Bosch from the University of Barcelona, Spain...
View ArticleOnly 15% of Whistleblower Off Label Drug Complaints have Adequate Financial...
Contact: Sumrina Yousufzai syousufzai@plos.org 415-568-3164 Public Library of Science COI declarations and off-label drug use Conflict-of-interest statements made by physicians and scientists in their...
View ArticleHow much of the medical literature is shaped behind the scenes by drug...
Requested Repost Citation: Sismondo S (2007) Ghost management: How much of the medical literature is shaped behind the scenes by the pharmaceutical industry” PLoS Med 4(9): e286 Drug companies...
View Article‘Spin’ in media reports of scientific articles: 47% of articles contain ‘Spin”
Contact: Sumrina Yousufzai syousufzai@plos.org 415-568-3164 Public Library of Science Press releases and news stories reporting the results of randomized controlled trials often contain “spin”—specific...
View ArticleStatins are unlikely to prevent blood clots
Press release from PLOS Medicine Despite previous studies suggesting the contrary, statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) may not prevent blood clots (venous thrombo-embolism) in adults, according to a...
View ArticleHalf of trials supporting FDA applications go unpublished
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Andrew Hyde press@plos.org 44-122-346-3330 Public Library of Science Over half of all supporting trials for FDA-approved drugs remained unpublished 5 years after...
View ArticleCommonly used painkiller ‘should be banned over heart risk’
A painkiller used by at least a million people in Britain a year should be banned because it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke by almost half, say British academics. Daily doses of painkillers...
View ArticleCurrent study shows: Important information on effects and side effects of...
IQWiG: Reliable assessment of drugs is only possible on the basis of clinical study reports (CSRs) In 2012 researchers from the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)...
View ArticleDepression: ‘Now the Second biggest cause of disability’ in world
By Helen Briggs BBC News Depression is common across the world Depression is the second most common cause of disability worldwide after back pain, according to a review of research. The disease must...
View ArticleAIDS guidelines for children may not improve death rates but may improve...
Contact: Fiona Godwin medicinepress@plos.org Public Library of Science Recent changes to World Health Organization guidelines for starting anti-AIDS drugs (antiretroviral therapy—ART) in young...
View ArticleMany trial results in ClinicalTrials.gov not published
Contact: Fiona Godwin medicinepress@plos.org Public Library of Science Half of trials with results posted in ClinicalTrials.gov database have not been published in a journal, and for some that have,...
View ArticleGhostwritten articles overstate benefits of ( Prempro ) hormone replacement...
Public release date: 7-Sep-2010 HRR-Re-Posted at Request - analyzed dozens of ghostwritten reviews and commentaries published in medical journals and journal supplements that were used to promote...
View ArticleExperiments using virulent avian flu strains pose risk of accidental release
Experiments using virulent avian flu strains pose risk of accidental release // PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 20-May-2014 Research in mammals that aims to prevent future influenza pandemics raises ethical,...
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