Rick Whiting, Drugmakers Respond To Calls For Public Database Of Trials, Information Week, June 25, 2004. Excerpt: "Proponents of clinical-trial registries say they would alert doctors and consumers to potential drug risks. But debate continues over how such a database would be managed and what information it should include. Some industry execs say such a database could disclose trade secrets and overwhelm consumers with complex information."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/26/2004 10:14:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.