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Science 7 March 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5868, pp. 1340 - 1342
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153632
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Policy Forum

MEDICINE:
Moving Toward Transparency of Clinical Trials

Deborah A. Zarin* Tony Tse1

As new policies promote transparency of clinical trials through registries and results databases, further issues arise and require examination.

1National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: dzarin{at}mail.nih.gov

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