An anesthesiologist who published numerous journal articles regarding the effectiveness of aspirinlike drugs for managing postoperative pain has admitted that he fabricated much of the data he reported, according to The New York Times. Some of the studies were underwritten by Pfizer Inc., and many of them found that the Pfizer drugs Celebrex and Lyrica were effective against postoperative pain.
The researcher, Scott S. Reuben, practiced at Baystate Medical Center, in Springfield, Mass., but never conducted the clinical trials that he wrote about in 21 journal articles dating from at least 1996, a hospital spokeswoman told the Times.
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