title: Pharmaceutical company funding and its consequences: a qualitative systematic review.
abstract: This article systematically reviews published studies of the association of pharmaceutical industry funding and clinical trial results, as well a few closely related studies. It reviews two earlier results, and surveys the recent literature. Results are clear: Pharmaceutical company sponsorship is strongly associated with results that favor the sponsors' interests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada K7L 3N6. sismondo@queensu.ca
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sismondo
mesh_terms: D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics*