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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by mirimir on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @07:54AM (#13875455)
Corporate ghostwriting is pervasive in the pharmaceutical industry. For some drugs, most of the relevant medical literature has been industry-funded. But that's not really very surprising, considering how firms influence politicians, judges, journalists, etc.

Edit: It's also worth noting that much legislation and regulations is ghostwritten by affected corporations.

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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by unclenoriega on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @09:56AM (#13876093)
There would seem to be a big difference between paying someone to do research and paying someone to sign their name to a research paper you wrote.

Also, it's not really surprising that drug studies are industry-funded for another reason: Who else is going to fund them?

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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by wiz21c on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @08:26AM (#13875586)
That's not exactly a gentle assessment of the situation. Would you care to provide sources ?
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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by wiz21c on Monday March 20, 2017 @03:19PM (#13916886)
thank you, that's very interesting !
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