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. 2021 Oct 25;18(10):e1003844.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003844. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Medical journal requirements for clinical trial data sharing: Ripe for improvement

Florian Naudet  1 , Maximilian Siebert  1 , Claude Pellen  1 , Jeanne Gaba  1 , Cathrine Axfors  2   3 , Ioana Cristea  4 , Valentin Danchev  2   5 , Ulrich Mansmann  6   7 , Christian Ohmann  8 , Joshua D Wallach  9 , David Moher  10   11 , John P A Ioannidis  2   12
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Medical journal requirements for clinical trial data sharing: Ripe for improvement

Florian Naudet et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Florian Naudet and co-authors discuss strengthening requirements for sharing clinical trial data.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: the authors have declared that no competing interests exist. CA received postdoctoral grants from Uppsala University, the Blanceflor Foundation, and the Swedish Society of Medicine. In the past 36 months, JDW received research support through the Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and through the Center for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) at Yale University and the Mayo Clinic (U01FD005938).

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