Saturday, January 29, 2011

Research integrity. That is what it is ALL about.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21275037

Pharm Stat. 2011 Jan;10(1):74-79. doi: 10.1002/pst.429.
The potential for bias in reporting of industry-sponsored clinical trials.
Pyke S, Julious SA, Day S, O'Kelly M, Todd S, Matcham J, Seldrup J.

Pfizer Ltd, Sandwich, UK. stephen.pyke@pfizer.com.
Abstract
Concerns about potentially misleading reporting of pharmaceutical industry research have surfaced many times. The potential for duality (and thereby conflict) of interest is only too clear when you consider the sums of money required for the discovery, development and commercialization of new medicines. As the ability of major, mid-size and small pharmaceutical companies to innovate has waned, as evidenced by the seemingly relentless decline in the numbers of new medicines approved by Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency year-on-year, not only has the cost per new approved medicine risen: so too has the public and media concern about the extent to which the pharmaceutical industry is open and honest about the efficacy, safety and quality of the drugs we manufacture and sell. In 2005 an Editorial in Journal of the American Medical Association made clear that, so great was their concern about misleading reporting of industry-sponsored studies, henceforth no article would be published that was not also guaranteed by independent statistical analysis. We examine the precursors to this Editorial, as well as its immediate and lasting effects for statisticians, for the manner in which statistical analysis is carried out, and for the industry more generally.

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