Is drug research biased?

Is Drug research biased?
Minnesota Public Radio
October 8, 2009

Critics of the pharmaceutical industry maintain that the majority of clinical trials on prescription drugs are unreliable because they are run by the very companies producing those drugs. Industry defenders say that's not the case. The two groups also disagree on whether the government should play a greater role in comparing the effectiveness of prescription drugs.

Guests

John Abramson, MD: Professor of clinical medicine and author of "Overdosed America."
Peter Pitts: President of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. He was associate commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration.

Listen to radio interview here.