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When Research Funders Pressure You to Find Positive Results

Our medical research study is showing that our new treatment does not work better than existing cheaper options but the pharmaceutical company funding us is pressuring us to continue enrollment to find some subgroup where we might see benefits.

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What we've seen

Scientific integrity is being compromised by financial interests that want data to support predetermined conclusions rather than truth.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Institutional ethics and organizational integrity?”

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