acceptance of the application of the same rules, no
matter who sponsors research, whether it be indus-
try or academia.
Most clinical researchers, like most members of
the public, are honest. However, to pretend that
clinical research fraud and misconduct do not exist
is to allow bad medicine, bad science and, above
all, abuse of patients.
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