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> The design of clinical trials still belongs to R&D and not Marketing/Sales departments. This is FALSE. It's literally come out in court documents. https://ww

> The design of clinical trials still belongs to R&D and not Marketing/Sales departments. This is FALSE. It's literally come out in court documents. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2010/09/dan-markingson-drug-trial-astrazeneca/ https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2010/09/dan-markings... > In 1997, when Dr. Andrew Goudie, a psychopharmacologist at the University of Liverpool, asked AstraZeneca to fund a research study he was planning, a company official replied that “R&D is no longer responsible for Seroquel research—it is now the responsibility of Sales and Marketing.” The official also noted that funding decisions would depend on whether the study was likely to show a “competitive advantage for Seroquel.”

ChrisLomont 7y ago
>This is FALSE. How do you demonstrate that one case implies all cases?
- rjkennedy98 7y ago
  This isn't a small company nor is it a minor drug. This is one of the largest drug companies running a trial on one of the most lucrative drugs in the world. And secondly, why should ANY drug trial be managed by a PR department? When you ask people to risk their lives to be in a drug trial (in the link above the subject died in the trial), why should it be to improve the PR of a drug for one company. The fact that this exists at all is a major warning sign. The indifference of people to this is frankly amazing to me (its even worse than the disinformation provided by the OP).