Three systematic reviews and a 2017 Cochrane Review demonstrated that industry funding is strongly associated with pro-industry results: 1.27 risk ratio for favorable efficacy, 1.34 for favorable conclusions. Companies published 97% of positive antidepressant trials but only 39% of negative ones. Manuscripts are typically drafted by ghostwriters with limited academic input. This systemic bias affects drug approvals, clinical guidelines, and patient treatment worldwide.
Industry-funded drug trials are 34% more likely to report favorable results — pharma publishes 97% of positive but only 39% of negative studies
“When drug companies fund their own trials, they almost always get results they want. They bury negative studies and ghostwrite positive ones. The evidence base for many drugs is corrupted.”
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