Following a long series of accusations, retractions, and the resignation of a prominent professor, it now is clear that data from a large Japanese study of valsartan (Diovan, Novartis) was fabricated. On Thursday officials at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine said that “had patient records been used in their entirety,” the Kyoto Heart Study “would have…
Diovan Data Was Fabricated, Say Japanese Health Minister And University Officials
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Two Retractions For Embattled Chief Investigator Of Kyoto Heart Study
The editor of Circulation Journal, the official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society (and not to be confused with the American Heart Association’s better known Circulation) has announced the retraction of two substudies from the Kyoto Heart Study. The papers, according to the editor, “contain a number of serious errors in data analysis.” Read my entire…
Filed Under: People, Places & Events, Policy & Ethics Tagged With: Hiroaki Matsubara, retractions, valsartan
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