You see all theses disclaimers and financial entanglements of the researchers in the published articles.
I personally feel this is sheer hypocrisy.
What are we supposed to do take the findings with a pinch of salt ?
How come studies sponsored by the industry show a favourable result to the latest costliest medication/intervention where as unbiased or government funded research shows otherwise
One can find umpteen number of such studies in various journals.
I also see a trend where an intervention/screening which is advocated vigorously in the begining is slowly diluted over time. Or an intervention /screening is continued due to public pressure just because they are used to having this done regularly based on past recommendations.
So what is going on ?
Do medical researchers Prostitute their services to the Pharma Industry ?
My gut feeling is that, they do
I personally feel this is sheer hypocrisy.
What are we supposed to do take the findings with a pinch of salt ?
How come studies sponsored by the industry show a favourable result to the latest costliest medication/intervention where as unbiased or government funded research shows otherwise
One can find umpteen number of such studies in various journals.
I also see a trend where an intervention/screening which is advocated vigorously in the begining is slowly diluted over time. Or an intervention /screening is continued due to public pressure just because they are used to having this done regularly based on past recommendations.
So what is going on ?
Do medical researchers Prostitute their services to the Pharma Industry ?
My gut feeling is that, they do
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