Characterisation of trials where marketing purposes have been influential in study design: a descriptive study.

Analysis of trial documentation has revealed that some industry-funded trials may be done more for marketing purposes than scientific endeavour. We aimed to define characteristics of drug trials that appear to be influenced by marketing considerations and estimate their prevalence.We examined report...

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Main Authors: Barbour, V, Burch, D, Godlee, F, Heneghan, C, Lehman, R, Perera, R, Ross, J, Schroter, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016