Data too important to share: do those who control the data control the message?
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Hydroxyethyl starch solutions for fluid resuscitation fell from grace in 2013 after European and American regulators issued severe warnings about their safety. But the academic investigators that led a landmark trial that helped precipitate this downfall are refusing to share their data. Is this acceptable? Peter Doshi reports.Citation
Doshi, P. (2016). Data too important to share: do those who control the data control the message? BMJ 2016;352:i1027. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1027Keyword
data sharingresearch transparency
Information Dissemination--ethics
Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives
Hemorrhage--therapy
Clinical Trials as Topic
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doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1027
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