Clinical studies have become very expensive to conduct, andmultiple sources of funding often support a single study. Biomedicaljournals routinely disclose all sources of funding of the researchthey publish; this has been standard practice at the Journalfor many years. As funding mechanisms grow increasingly complex,however, it has become ever more challenging for editors toensure the complete reporting of all sources of financial support.
Why is this important? Although the science in a submitted manuscriptshould be judged on its merits, one cannot fully appreciatea study's meaning without acknowledging the subtle biases indesign and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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This article (10.1056/NEJMe0802618) was published at www.nejm.org on April 2, 2008. It will appear in the April 24 issue of the Journal.
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