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Academic clinician–scientists risk becoming an endangered species

Nature Medicine volume 29, page 2989 (2023)Cite this article

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In the past 2 years, S.O.R. has provided consultancy services to Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Northsea Therapeutics, Third Rock Ventures and Medicxi and received research support from GSK.

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O’Rahilly, S. Academic clinician–scientists risk becoming an endangered species. Nat Med 29, 2989 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02626-8

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