Dark Pharma · DP-014
She wrote the adolescent trial report in 2001. The drug failed. The paper said it worked.
The clinical study report drafted by a medical writer at Hearthstone-Kline in 2001 exaggerated the efficacy of sertralex, despite the raw data showing no significant benefit over placebo. This manipulation contributed to $2.1 billion in prescriptions for adolescents in just three years.
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