Professor Sir Rory Collins is considered one of the lead statin researchers in the world. His department has taken well over £200 million of research funding from statin companies. He basically said that their studies didn't show that significant degree of side effects. The rule of thumb now is, any industry-sponsored study should be seen as marketing until proven otherwise. If every doctor and member of the public knew that, I think we would practice a lot better medicine.

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