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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. the other one.... by HBI · · Score: 0, Troll

    While the other one randomly lobbed missiles into the country and conducted airstrikes, to deflect attention from his then proceeding impeachment for lying under oath.

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    HBI's Law: Frequency of calling others Nazis is directly correlated with the likelihood of the accuser being Communist.