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

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

 

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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