clozaril
11-05-2009, 03:33 PM
story here (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/05/07/ap6394349.html) and here (http://www.news-medical.net/?id=49304)
It has been revealed that the academic publisher Elsevier has admitted its Australian office produced six fake medical journals between 2000 and 2005.
The fake Australian medical journals were produced on behalf of pharmaceutical giant Merck and other companies.
Elsevier, the publisher of some of the top medical journals in the world, said Thursday an Australian unit contracted with drugmakers to publish what appeared to be medical journals that didn't disclose who had paid for them.
In all, the company has acknowledged six publications between the years in question, that were paid for by pharmaceutical companies, making them no more than elaborate marketing tools.
It has been revealed that the academic publisher Elsevier has admitted its Australian office produced six fake medical journals between 2000 and 2005.
The fake Australian medical journals were produced on behalf of pharmaceutical giant Merck and other companies.
Elsevier, the publisher of some of the top medical journals in the world, said Thursday an Australian unit contracted with drugmakers to publish what appeared to be medical journals that didn't disclose who had paid for them.
In all, the company has acknowledged six publications between the years in question, that were paid for by pharmaceutical companies, making them no more than elaborate marketing tools.