DRUG TRIALS: IF YOU PAY, IT'S A GOOD DRUG

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oleander soup , robert-blau wrote:

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> What a surprise . . .

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> DRUG TRIALS: IF YOU PAY, IT'S A GOOD DRUG

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> The effectiveness of a drug is usually established by a trial, often one

> that also uses a placebo, or sugar pill, or another drug from the same

> family. These trials are expensive, and they're invariably funded by the

> drug's manufacturer. When the drug company is paying, the results are 20

> times more likely to be favorable. Even better, the researchers are 35

> times more likely to give their conclusions a favorable spin. The

> effectiveness of the drug over a sugar pill seems to disappear if the

> funding is from an independent source.

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