Concerns About Pharma-Sponsored Research Removed From PCORI Methodology Report
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The approved version of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s Methodology Report strikes language that questioned the trustworthiness of pharmaceutical industry-generated research.
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