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COMMENTARY
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This section collates links to previously published articles and news stories.
The five latest additions are highlighted below, the rest can be found via the menu on the left.
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Time for fair trade in research data
Published 27 February 2010
Elizabeth Pisani and colleagues write in The Lancet about how Geneticists, astrophysicists, and molecular biologists routinely share research data with colleagues and rivals alike. The reason is that scientists and their funders know we will understand complex issues sooner if people build on one another's work. Yet scientists in the complex area of public health have been left behind in the data-sharing revolution.
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Serving Two Masters — Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medicine
Published 25 February 2010
Bernard Lo argues in the NEJM, that the public grants the medical profession considerable discretion in setting its own standards because it trusts that physicians will place patients' interests ahead of their own or those of third parties. To maintain this trust, academic health centers should take the lead in addressing conflicts of interest in medicine, rather than merely responding to government requirements and adverse publicity about troubling cases.
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Publishing information about ongoing clinical trials for patients
Published 24 February 2010
It is often difficult for patients who want to take part in clinical trials to find the required information. In an Analysis article in the BMJ, Fiona Godlee and Iain Chalmers argue that their needs can and should be met.
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Registering Clinical Trial Results: The Next Step
Published 24 February 2010
An Commentary in JAMA says the NIH, in developing its provisions and policies governing registration of the results of drug clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, should focus on promoting improvements in the quality and reliability of clinical research on drugs. These improvements can occur only by increasing transparency and reproducibility. Mandatory registration of the protocols for drug clinical trials, as well as posting all patient-level data collected in those trials, are essential for clinical research on drugs to move to the next step.
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Registration of observational studies
Published 18 February 2010
An Editorial in the BMJ says registration of observational studies is just one of many changes needed to increase confidence in observational research, but they believe it is the crucial next step. The aim would be to facilitate the design and reporting of observational research, not to hinder it. Trial registration has had a substantial and important positive effect on the design, conduct, and reporting of randomised clinical trials, and the BMJ believes it is time to extend those benefits to observational research.
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COMPLIMENTARY PUBLICATIONS WORKSHOP FOR INDUSTRY
30 March 2010
Hilton Hotel, Aeschengraben 31, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Organized by Elsevier
Attendance at this session is FREE.
Pre-registration is compulsory.
More information here.
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6th Annual Meeting of ISMPP, Delivering Value & Driving Advocacy in Medical Publication Planning
19-21 April 2010
Arlington, Virginia
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