Industry-funded CV trials: biased to positives?(Cardiovascular Trials)
Publication: Internal Medicine News
Publication Date: 15-JUN-06
Author: Moon, Mary Ann
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Clinical trials in the field of cardiovascular medicine that are funded by for-profit groups like drug companies and device manufacturers are more likely to report positive findings than are those funded by not-for-profit groups.
The research community discovered that this was true of clinical trials published between 1990 and 2000, and it instituted some changes to address the issue. To determine whether more recent clinical trials are still affected by this apparent bias, two investigators surveyed...
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