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The fact they were forced to pay for the study does not imply they had any saying on how it was conducted.
by bigato 10y ago
The fact they were forced to pay for the study does not imply they had any saying on how it was conducted.
- marricks 10y agoPerhaps, but it does suggest they had influence to make the authors not publish if the results didn't go there way. There's so many ways to distort information. I'm not saying this study is bad, but studies paid for by corporations for their own gains should be the last we see running through news headlines. But of course, that is partly the effect they'd want from them...
- zymhan 10y agoThe FDA mandated that this study be conducted. There was no chance of Pfizer sweeping the results under the rug, as the FDA was watching the whole process.
- beachstartup 10y agothat's not how it works. if you don't toe the line with the result of your study, that'll be the last one you do for the entire industry.