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Published at www.nejm.org April 2, 2008 (10.1056/NEJMe0802618)

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Clinical studies have become very expensive to conduct, and multiple sources of funding often support a single study. Biomedical journals routinely disclose all sources of funding of the research they publish; this has been standard practice at the Journal for many years. As funding mechanisms grow increasingly complex, however, it has become ever more challenging for editors to ensure the complete reporting of all sources of financial support.

Why is this important? Although the science in a submitted manuscript should be judged on its merits, one cannot fully appreciate a study's meaning without acknowledging the subtle biases in design and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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This article (10.1056/NEJMe0802618) was published at www.nejm.org on April 2, 2008. It will appear in the April 24 issue of the Journal.

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