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Google wants to move on from this discussion and let the academics speak for themselves.

Google has reportedly financed hundreds of research papers to help fight regulation that could harm it, via stipends of $5,000 to $400,000.

Scientists need funding to do their work. But a new study finds turning to industry partners taints perceptions of university research, and including other kinds of partners doesn't really help.

Critics of two reports by the academies have cited potential disclosure problems among study panelists. Now, an official says, the idea of a policy review "has just gained more and more traction."

PubMed, the Google of scientific search, is now publishing funding information in its abstracts.

A series of journalism conferences on obesity received covert funding from Coca-Cola.

Are academic findings still reliable if the studies are bankrolled by corporate dollars?

Trump’s pick for the US regulatory agency will bring experience and a clear vision — as well as ties to industry.

Prior co-authorship relations have a large and significant influence on manuscript handling times, speeding up the editorial decision on average by 19 days.

Discussing the role of investigators in the authorship of industry-sponsored publications.

An analysis focusing on the efficacy or durability of GM Bt crops and ties between the researchers carrying out these studies and the GM crop industry showing that ties between researchers and the GM crop industry were common, with 40% of the articles considered displaying conflicts of interest (COI).

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have given millions of dollars to nearly 100 prominent health groups in recent years, while simultaneously spending millions to defeat public health legislation.

This revolving door problem isn’t unique to the FDA; it’s an issue for all government-regulated industries.

Internal sugar industry documents suggest that five decades of research into the role of nutrition and heart disease may have been largely shaped by the sugar industry.

An opinon on the article "Merck Wants Its Money Back if University Research Is Wrong"

The problem of bias in published research must be tackled in a consistent and comprehensive fashion, says Adam G. Dunn.

A group of researchers wants PubMed to start publishing conflict-of-interest information upfront.

Eric Lander's CRISPR history could determine the outcome of a bitter patent fight, but the author failed to disclose conflicts of interest, critics say.