Archive for March 13th, 2009
Top Pain Scientist Fabricated Data in Studies
By KEITH J. WINSTEIN and DAVID ARMSTRONG
A prominent Massachusetts anesthesiologist allegedly fabricated 21 medical studies that claimed to show benefits from painkillers like Vioxx and Celebrex, according to the hospital where he worked.
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass., said that its former chief of acute pain, Scott S. Reuben, had faked data used in the studies, which were published in several anesthesiology journals between 1996 and 2008.
[The anesthesiologist allegedly faked data in 21 studies on the use of various painkillers, including Vioxx.] Associated Press
The anesthesiologist allegedly faked data in 21 studies on the use of various painkillers, including Vioxx.
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