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Nature 443, 144 (14 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/443144a; Published online 13 September 2006

Open Innovation Challenges

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Investigator-initiated trials are more impartial

Bradley C. Johnston1 & Sunita Vohra1

  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada

Your Naturejobs Special Report "Trial blazers" ( Nature 442, 480–481; 2006) highlights the demand for investigators adept at planning, running and managing clinical trials for the pharmaceutical industry.The industry's share of total biomedical research increased from nearly a third in 1980 to nearly two-thirds in 2000.