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Merck's Deleted Data

Posted by Zonk on from the shouldn't-have-used-office dept.

An anonymous reader wrote to mention a Forbes article describing a drug study tampering proven by software. From the article: "A top editor of The New England Journal of Medicine says that he was stunned to find out that data linking Vioxx to cardiovascular risk was deleted from a major study his journal published five years ago--and that it appears that Merck researchers may have deleted that data ... When you hover the cursor over the editing changes, the identity of the editor pops up, and it just says 'Merck'"

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by NastyNate · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like Merck deleted this submission.

    1. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      (A similar thing happened at Intel years ago, but I don't think it lead to very many heart attacks.)

      Actually, my Pentium tells me there were .00010183 heart attacks, but I think it's estimating.

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  2. Viability of Testimony by mrshoe · · Score: 5, Funny


    The researchers still aren't sure whether Clippy's testimony will hold up in court.
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  3. A win for animal rights.... by joe+155 · · Score: 5, Funny

    they are now testing on humans...

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  4. Hello chunews, by GroeFaZ · · Score: 5, Funny
    it looks like you're trying to make a joke. Would you like to...

    • insert a punchline?
    • copy a (Score:5, Funny) comment from another thread?
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  5. Clippy by mymaxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like you are writing a drug study document. Would you like help deleting data?