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Clinical trial simulator

Interactive clinical trial simulator

By The Data Team

CLINICAL drug trials are conducted by pharmaceutical firms to establish the effectiveness and safety of new treatments, but failure to publish the results of all trials is skewing medical science (as highlighted in our story from this week's Science section). Using our interactive simulator, run a series of clinical trials for yourself and discover how to play the system by publicising results in favour of your own product:

Read the full story here: Spilling the beans

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