Problems - Example 7

A case with a high profile involving research integrity questions

Researchers to get a bill of rights from P&G
Times Higher February 24th 2006
http://www.thes.co.uk/search/story.aspx?story_id=2028150

Half hour long BBC Radio Broadcast
Vivienne Parry investigates if Proctor and Gamble attempted to boost the sales of one of its drugs by hindering independent scientific research (23 Feb 2006).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/01/2006_08_thu.shtml

Experts cast doubt over scientists' claims for Actonel
Times Higher Published: 24 February 2006
http://www.thes.co.uk/search/story.aspx?story_id=2028151

Efficacy of Osteoporosis Medicine Challenged
by Richard Harris (NPR Radio, USA)
A British scientist has been in the United States this week alleging that a big drugmaker has been playing fast and loose with data to make its medicine look good. The drug in question is Actonel, used for treating osteoporosis and a big earner for Procter & Gamble.
Audio at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5234621

Scientist Presses Claim P&G Misrepresented Actonel Data
By SARAH ELLISON, February 23, 2006, The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114066368502780947.html

Data row sparks research debate
Times Higher Education Supplement 25 Nov 05
http://www.thes.co.uk/search/story.aspx?story_id=2026283

When access to data is a real bone of contention
Times Higher Education Supplement 25 Nov 05
http://www.thes.co.uk/search/story.aspx?story_id=2026307

Doctor in drug research row quits NHS post
Jo Revill, Sunday January 15, 2006, The Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1686705,00.html