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Law experts speak out - academics who "guest author" medical journals guilty of fraud

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(NaturalNews) In 2008, Mike Adams sounded an alarm about Big Pharma companies which had long been paying in-house writers to ghostwrite scientific research articles, and then paid doctors and high-level academics to pretend they were the authors. Now two prominent attorneys are calling the practice a sham that constitutes legal fraud, saying, 'Guest authorship is a disturbing violation of academic integrity standards, which form the basis of scientific reliability. The false respectability afforded to claims of safety and effectiveness through the use of academic investigators risks undermining the integrity of biomedical research and patient care.'

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Score 1 point for health by Meryl Ann Butler on Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:48:18 AM
Yes, but this has been going on for years... by Jill Herendeen on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:04:03 PM
Oh, and complicating malpractice trials is a threat??? by Jill Herendeen on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:06:03 PM
well, I am not suggesting that we have won the war, LOL.... by Meryl Ann Butler on Friday, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:54:07 PM
Some of the answers are right in the article by Meryl Ann Butler on Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:31:16 PM
I didn't take it as personal criticism, thanks by Meryl Ann Butler on Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:37:06 PM
LADEEEEZ AND GENTLEMEN! by Dante DeNavarre on Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:55:03 PM
Dudley DoRight Saves Poor Nell Again! by Meryl Ann Butler on Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:06:00 PM
LADEEEZ AND GENTLEMEN by Dante DeNavarre on Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:37:32 PM