> pharma company doesn't know which ones are handing out placebos.. Not sure I get you. If all the physicians are bribed, then why would the company need to kn

> pharma company doesn't know which ones are handing out placebos.. Not sure I get you. If all the physicians are bribed, then why would the company need to know anything? Everyone can cook up some data and go along with the result that the company needs, right? Also, about this >If all the physicians are bribed I think you should assume that any physician that ends up in a trial is there because they are known to be complaisant. Same as politicians and authority figures are often planted by powerful people with vested interests.