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Post subject: Is drug research turning into a scam?

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:27 am

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Big Pharma has developed new forms of 'research' to serve its own interests.

The medical research world has been concerned about the problem of ghost writing for more than a decade. Over the past few years, the issue has been repeatedly raised in the mainstream media. Most of the commentary has focused on the ethics of academics signing their name on papers they did not write and on some of the most egregious actions by pharmaceutical companies.

But these efforts miss the ways in which Big Pharma has developed new forms of medical research to serve its own interests.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... w/pageid/7

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