alt Hacker NewsWhat evidence are you talking about? Do you think industrial scientists collaborating with academics and vice-versa is unusual?
What evidence are you talking about? Do you think industrial scientists collaborating with academics and vice-versa is unusual?
In addition to the funding bias wikipedia article someone else already cited:
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.MR...
> Sponsorship of drug and device studies by the manufacturing company leads to more favorable efficacy results and conclusions than sponsorship by other sources. Our analyses suggest the existence of an industry bias that cannot be explained by standard 'Risk of bias' assessments.
And no! It's not unusual, nor does it mean the results are wrong. It just means there's a known bias towards results that favor the sponsor's interests that needs to be taken into account when evaluating the research. Again, that doesn't make it wrong. But it should make you cautious before thinking that a single study (in a very specific sub-population, at that) is necessarily going to generalize. It might. I hope it does! GLP-1's are awesome. But cautiously.