5 thoughts on “Should Drug Companies Disclose Their Research Failures?”

  1. Very interesting. They may need to develop some cooperaive strategies, now that they are going to have more intrusive government breathing down their neck.

  2. Larry, I would think there would be. The only way to keep people honest is to make the agreement contractual, with penalties for failure to comply.

  3. The fact a given chemical compound has been tried and failed is proprietary information. Communicating failures has the potential to alert competitors about the types of research being undertaken as well as the potential to help rivals avoid costly mistakes.

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