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| Novartis vs Bushido |
| 2013-10-08 |
| h/t Gates of Viena Switzerland-based pharmaceutical kingpin Novartis the people who invented ADHD to market Ritalin is under investigation in Japan after two universities there recently caught the company engaging in scientific fraud. According to new reports, a former Novartis employee fabricated clinical trial data to exaggerate the benefits of the blood pressure drug Diovan (valsartan), which is currently licensed for use in more than 100 countries, and Japan's Ministry of Health is now trying to determine whether or not Novartis in any way violated Japanese law with its actions. Earlier this year, five papers authored by the once prominent Japanese cardiologist Hiroaki Matsubara were retracted by the American Heart Association (AHA), including the main publication of the well-known 2009 Kyoto Heart Study. Not long after, the legitimacy of the Jikei Heart Trial, which was first published in The Lancet journal back in 2007, was also called into question. As it turns out, both clinical trials were worked on by former Novartis employee Nobuo Shirahashi, who failed to disclose his affiliation with Novartis while serving as a member of the statistical analysis organizations for both studies, and both studies were riddled with serious errors. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 Matt wins snark of the day. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-10-08 14:39 |
| #3 Isn't that an AR-15 he's holding? |
| Posted by: Matt 2013-10-08 09:28 |
| #2 Ah Toshiro, how we miss you. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-10-08 08:27 |
| #1 a former Novartis employee fabricated clinical trial data to exaggerate the benefits of the blood pressure drug Former Novartis, now works for the IPCC & UEA and AlGore on projects with similar controls as methodology. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-10-08 07:58 |