Healthy Skepticism Library item: 621

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Publication type: Journal Article

Horton R.
Prizes, publications, and promotion.
Lancet 1996 Nov 23; 348:(9039):1398

Abstract:

Janssen-Cilag was this year’s winner of the Prix Galien, given for innovation and development in pharmaceutical research and development, for its antipsychotic drug, risperidone. In an effort to complete a meta-analysis of risperidone trials, two researchers found evidence of redundant publications, slippery authorship and opaque reporting of trial data. The effect of this extraordinary publication activity was a greatly enhanced visibility for risperidone at at critical time in the drug’s history.

Keywords:
*analysis publication bias Janssen risperidone INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PUBLICATION PROMOTION DISGUISED: CLINICAL TRIALS PROMOTION DISGUISED: GHOST-WRITING AND JOURNAL ARTICLES SPONSORSHIP: RESEARCH