Healthy Skepticism Library item: 19807

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Publication type: Journal Article

McNamee D
Different kind of drug-company freebie
The Lancet 1996 Oct 19; 348:(9034):1048
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2805%2964413-3/fulltext

Abstract:

Academic researchers tread a fine line when they criticise the pharmaceutical industry, which is one of the major funders of clinical trials. Prof Sylvio Garattini is perhaps one of the few respected enough to challenge the industry, having been director of the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research in Milan for over 30 years. Speaking at the Italian Institute of Culture in London earlier this month, he called for a new European agency to be set up to coordinate and support pharmaceut …