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Sunshine on conflicts

US drug companies are preparing for new draconian provisions for reporting on financial relationships with academia. Will efforts to increase transparency prove burdensome to researchers and the industry? Virginia Hughes investigates.

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Hughes, V. Sunshine on conflicts. Nat Biotechnol 28, 641–643 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0710-641

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