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Pfizer pfysician pfuckup

2009-03-13 14:45:43.572419+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Pfysician pfunded by Pfizer pfaked his data. Anesthesiologist Scott Reuben faked the data in at least 21 papers, and the pain drugs he was pushing in them may have actually slowed healing:

Paul White, another editor at the journal, estimates that Reuben's studies led to the sale of billions of dollars worth of the potentially dangerous drugs known as COX2 inhibitors, Pfizer's Celebrex (celecoxib) and Merck's Vioxx (rofecoxib), for applications whose therapeutic benefits are now in question. Reuben was a member of Pfizer's speaker's bureau and received five independent research grants from the company.

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#Comment Re: made: 2009-03-13 15:20:21.061608+00 by: meuon

People wonder why I, after working for many years in the hospital business.. trust almost nothing I hear from the medical "community".