Financial conflicts of interest are associated with reporting of positive study outcomes, research reveals
Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 09:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with authors receiving consulting fees/honoraria from the pharmaceutical industry have a significantly greater likelihood of reporting positive outcomes than RCTs without such financial conflicts of interest, according to a new study.
