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Good thing this sort of thing doesn't happen in heath care. It would totally destroy people's trust in the medical industry if, for example, drug companies did

by marze 10y ago

Good thing this sort of thing doesn't happen in heath care. It would totally destroy people's trust in the medical industry if, for example, drug companies did this sort of thing.

YCode 10y ago
Not sure if sarcasm. Seriously, do they do that?
- bognition 10y ago
  With literally billions of dollars on the line what do you think?
  - YCode 10y ago
    I don't know. That's why I asked.
  - devy 10y ago
    > With literally billions of dollars on the line That's EXACTLY the reason big corporations and pharma would cheat to conceal truth from their products. The stake is too high to lose.
- jmcmichael 10y ago
  Yes: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000156 http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jou...
- mbillie1 10y ago
  Yes. I recall learning that the clinical trials proving the effectiveness of Effexor, among other things, being shown to have been faked/not actually completed, which lead to a recall of the drug.