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Half of all clinical trials have never been published. Researchers, patients and doctors need to know what was done and what they found, to make decisions about which treatment is best.
Regulations are supposed to fix the problem of missing trials: they have been
ignored. Voluntary "codes of conduct" are full of holes. So research
institutions and companies continue to withhold important information about
treatments.
Sense About Science have agreed to taken this on as a campaign, after their
excellent work on libel reform. Everything donated here will go to support the
AllTrials campaign. We will run a public campaign, build an informative
website, press pharmaceutical companies, lobby politicians and stakeholders,
brief journalists and make it news.
Nobody profits from secrecy, least of all industry. The one thing that has
perpetuated the current situation is a lack of public awareness. A public
campaign will push this over, and together we can make clinical trials the
contribution to understanding that they should be.
Thank you for your generous support.