I spoke to a medical researcher who had worked both in public and private labs during their career, they said when they worked in public academic labs there was

I spoke to a medical researcher who had worked both in public and private labs during their career, they said when they worked in public academic labs there was incompetence to the extent that no-one understood how to properly calibrate certain lab equipment. Working in private research, they said public research generally could not be replicated, and unless from a known lab was considered borderline useless. I think it goes way beyond what you’re talking about. In large sections of academia there’s a very Darwinian system where researchers are fighting for their careers and labs are trying to keep their heads above the water, and everyone needs sexy results now. I don’t think such a system can lead to robust, unbiased research by default.