The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reminded more than 2,200 medical product companies and researchers of the requirements to submit certain clinical trial results information to ClinicalTrials.gov.
Companies and researchers often fail to disclose negative trial results, resulting in significant gaps in the public record and a publication bias that obscures the true landscape of drug development outcomes — overrepresenting successes and underrepresenting failures. This gap can also create a distorted perception of the safety and efficacy of medical products.
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