The Japanese scandal over research using the Novartis blockbuster hypertension drug Diovan (valsartan) continues to widen. The first major figure brought down in the scandal was Hiroaki Matsubara, a prominent cardiologist and researcher at Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan, who resigned from his position after numerous retractions and investigations. Then last year accusations surfaced about another prominent researcher, Issei Komuro, a professor…
Japanese Research Scandal Involving Novartis Blood Pressure Drug Widens
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Japanese Research Scandal Expands To A Second Trial And A Novartis Employee
A Japanese research scandal, which has so far centered on actions taken by the once-prominent cardiologist Hiroaki Matsubara, has now expanded. As has been previously reported, several papers authored by Matsubara have been retracted, including, most notably, the main publication of the Kyoto Heart Study in the European Heart Journal. Now, however, questions have been…
Filed Under: People, Places & Events, Policy & Ethics Tagged With: European Heart Journal, Lancet, Matsubara, Novartis, scientific misconduct, valsartan
Scientific Misconduct: From Darwin And Mendel To Poldermans And Matsubara
Responding to recent episodes of scientific misconduct in cardiovascular research involving once prominent cardiovascular researchers, the editor of the European Heart Journal, Thomas Lüscher, has written an editorial discussing the significance of the new cases and placing them in a historical context that includes allegations of scientific misconduct by Mendel and Darwin, among many others. … Poldermans was the…
Filed Under: People, Places & Events, Policy & Ethics Tagged With: Cardiology, Don Poldermans, European Heart Journal, Gregor Mendel, Matsubara, scientific misconduct
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