increasing pressure for drug companies to register ALL their studies

October 2004

There's increasing pressure for drug companies to register ALL their studies...and not just publish the ones with good outcomes.

This is part of the backlash over drug companies withholding data about suicide and antidepressants.

Top medical journals will require drug companies to register studies before they start...in order to be published later.

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increasing pressure for drug companies to register ALL their studies
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