Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3413

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Publication type: Journal Article

Pharmaceutical funds for clinical research: a mixed blessing.
Lancet. 1987 Jan 31; 1:(8527):257-8

Abstract:

The present shift of emphasis from public to commercial funding has been extolled as bringing virtues of practical relevance, but it does not necessarily follow that industrial interest linked to profit creation will lead to balanced development. The growing dependence of clinical research on commercial funding often leaads to work of little more than marginal interest. The major drive will be towards the commercial project, and the emphasis on market-oriented research may be increased by the attitudes of universities themselves.

Keywords:
*editorial/United Kingdom/drug company sponsored research/SPONSORSHIP: RESEARCH Drug Industry/economics* Great Britain Research Support*