Pfizer Accused of Publishing Misleading Research

pfizer_logo-smallThe Associated Press is reporting on a study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) which finds that Pfizer seriously misrepresented drug trial results related to their epilepsy drug Neurontin.

You can find a more complete report of both the NEJM article and the AP piece at Udo Schüklenk’s blog.

It’s been a bad stretch for Pfizer. The company recently agreed to pay $430 million in criminal fines and civil penalties for promoting Neurontin for “off-label” uses it was not approved for.

Paper Trail: I got this from Udo Schüklenk’s blog, and he got it from the AP, who got it from NEJM, who got it from…

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