1 in 5 clinical drug trials designed primarily for marketing purposes

[Plazma Inferno!]

What factors influence the design of a clinical trial?
Research published today in Trials examined reports of randomized controlled trials to deduce what characteristics appear to be influenced by marketing considerations over science.
Results of a study finds that roughly 1 in 5 clinical drug trials seem to be designed primarily for marketing purposes.
http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-medicine/2016/01/21/clinical-drug-trials-marketing-science/

Does this surprise anyone?

 

[Edont Knoff]

I got to know about this a while ago. Yes it shattered an illusion, but, umm, I see the fault rather on my side that I was not thinking critically enough before. We live in a capitalistic system and the no. 1 goal of companies is to make money.