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Published online 9 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040906-15

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Medical journals tackle biased reporting of results

Editors say trials must be registered if researchers plan to publish.

Editors of the world's leading medical journals said yesterday that drug companies should disclose more information about studies of new medicines.

The editors' statement was released on 8 September, the day before a highly anticipated public hearing on clinical trial data at the US Congress.

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