Industry funders involved in most aspects of funded trials

Industry funders involved in most aspects of funded trials Few industry-funded trials in high impact journals are conducted without the involvement of industry employees in their design, conduct and reporting but this fact is sometimes downplayed or even omitted altogether, according to research* published online today by the BMJ. Although academics believed industry collaboration to be beneficial, some reported loss of academic freedom. In their separate opinion piece**, two of the study authors urged academics to refuse collaboration where industry demands control over trial design, conduct, data, statistical analysis, or reporting. OnMedica