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269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations

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What's a Doctor to Do?

Barrow says a given researcher or investigator may have undisclosed biases or conflicts of interest. There's another quirk in the medical industry that probably doesn't serve the public good, he adds. Ben goldacre, the gadfly physician who knows so much about bad farma and bad medicine, acknowledges that the entire system is due for reform. So next time on economics radio, what's a doctor to do?

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