Objective To investigate whether funding of drug studies by the pharmaceutical industry is
associated with outcomes that are favourable to the funder and whether the methods of trials …

Context Despite increasing awareness about the potential impact of financial conflicts of
interest on biomedical research, no comprehensive synthesis of the body of evidence …

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER HEART
DISEASE AND CANCER. In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C Gotzsche exposes the …

Medical practice is constantly changing. The rate of change is accelerating, and physicians
can be forgiven if they often find it dizzying. How can physicians learn about new information …

Collaborations of physicians and researchers with industry can provide valuable benefits to
society, particularly in the translation of basic scientific discoveries to new therapies and …

The concepts of diffusion, dissemination, and implementation are distinguished as
progressively more active steps in the process of flowing valid and reliable research …

Context.—Authorship in biomedical publications establishes accountability, responsibility,
and credit. Misappropriation of authorship undermines the integrity of the authorship system …

This book is the first to provide an in-depth analysis of the peer review process in scholarly
publishing. Author Weller offers a systematic review of published studies of editorial peer …

Objective.—It is controversial whether physicians' interactions with drug companies affect
their behavior. To test the null hypothesis, that such interactions are not associated with …

ContextDuplicate publication is publication of an article that overlaps substantially with an
article published elsewhere. Patterns of duplication are not well understood. ObjectiveTo …