For many years, medical researchers have highlighted the problems related to the involvement of the powerful pharmaceutical industry within scientific work. Evidence has been gathered demonstrating research bias, undeclared conflicts of interest, unfavourable results left unpublished, and a research agenda increasingly focussed on short-term economic gain at the expense of health benefits. As action is taken to try to deal with the problems within the medical field, further evidence - summarised in a recent report published by Scientists for Global Responsibility - shows that other sectors are experiencing similar difficulties.
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