Making all clinical data public is vital for better medical care
abernard102@gmail.com 2013-11-02
Summary:
"An article published in the journal of the British Medical Association, BMJ, earlier this week illustrates a devastating problem with the 'evidence base' in the academic medical literature.
A large proportion of drug trials, particularly those sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, never get published, skewing our picture of drugs' effectiveness and safety.
But it’s not all bad news; a UK initiative called AllTrials is seeking to remedy the situation by calling for the results of all clinical trials to be published ..."