Why Clinical Trials Aren't the Gold Standard

An industry funded study is 30 % more likely to find the drug is effective and safe than a study with non industry funding. ben goldacre, an academic in oxford working in evidence pased medicine, also writes books about how people misuse statistics. He echoes what venip was telling us about the people who are chosen for clinical trials. When you look at the evidence, what you often find is that trials are conducted in absolutely perfect dream patients,. by definition, much more likely to get better quickly.