Enhancing transparency and efficiency in reporting industry-sponsored clinical research: report from the Medical Publishing Insights and Practices initiative.

摘要

Industry-sponsored clinical research has become more open and transparent in recent years (1), spurred by changes in policy, regulation and technology, and fostered by a general trend towards increased information access and sharing, which is also apparent across government and in other industrial sectors such as finance. Yet, despite advances in technology, publication of trial results in the form of conventional studies in peer-reviewed journals remains the gold standard and cornerstone of scientific disclosure.