Scientific Secrecy and “Spin”: The Sad, Sleazy Saga of the Trials of Remune.
Part of a special issue on sequestered science and the consequences of undisclosed knowledge. The writer discusses the legal clash between researchers and their sponsors over disclosure of the findings of the clinical trials of Remune, an AIDS therapy developed by California biotech company Immune...
| Published in: | Law & Contemporary Problems Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 47 - 68 |
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Duke University
Summer2006
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