Pode parecer impressionante, inacreditável, mas é verdade. A Elsevier (ninguém menos!) aceitou dinheiro da Merck (é isto mesmo, outro peso pesado) para “fabricar” uma revista.
Segundo a reportagem “Merck published fake journal” publicada no The Scientist:
“Merck paid an undisclosed sum to Elsevier to produce several volumes of a publication that had the look of a peer-reviewed medical journal, but contained only reprinted or summarized articles–most of which presented data favorable to Merck products–that appeared to act solely as marketing tools with no disclosure of company sponsorship.”
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The Scientist obteve dois números da revista falsificada (ilustração acima), o Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine. Para surpresa de José Simão, a revista não é paraguaia é da australásia...
No dia 07 de maio, o CEO da Elsevier confirmou a fraude, e admitiu que existiram cinco outras revistas falsificadas e pagas por companhias farmacêuticas. Veja o texto do The Great Beyond:
“Elsevier yesterday said the “fake journal” it published, which came to light in an Australian court case over the drug Vioxx, was one of a series. The publishing company admitted publishing five other “sponsored article compilation publications … that were made to look like journals and lacked the proper disclosures”.
The look-alike journals were funded by pharmaceutical clients including Merck, which is under investigation in the Australian court for improperly marketing drugs including Vioxx (see our previous coverage of the allegations and of Merck's defence.).”
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