Non-disclosure of clinical trial results sees drug firms censured
A new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has found that many pharmaceutical companies are still far from transparent
When your doctor advises you to take a certain medicine, you might assume he or she has been able to scrutinise the effectiveness and safety of that medicine based on clinical trials carried out. That’s not necessarily the case.
For decades, pharmaceutical companies have not had to publish tests or clinical trials. This has seen the negative results of many clinical trials being suppressed – or hidden – from doctors, patients and health service ...
