Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8515

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Publication type: Journal Article

Sotelo J.
Industry-Sponsored Research: Author's Reply.
PLoS Med 2006 Oct; 3:(10):e464
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030464

Abstract:

In his letter 1, Dr. Mansfield has raised a debatable issue: “If the CRC [Collegiate Research Council] is a single international monopoly how could the risk of corruption and inefficiency be managed?” By no means would the CRC be an international monopoly; in the proposal it was stated that the CRC would be certified by the appropriate health authorities of any country. Moreover, several CRCs could be established, as long as the participants were nominated by prestigious academic institutions and the CRC was certified by the federal regulatory agencies…

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PMID: 17076577 [PubMed - in process]

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