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Many pharma transparency policies are vague, ambiguous, and contradictory

Overall, 95 percent of the 42 companies reviewed in the analysis — including the 25 largest drug makers, based on sales — had a publicly accessible policy.

After several years in which drug makers have been pressured to release clinical trial data, a new analysis finds many companies are still doing an incomplete or inconsistent job of being transparent.

Overall, 95 percent of the 42 companies reviewed – including the 25 largest drug makers, based on sales – had a publicly accessible policy. Otherwise, however, the specifics often varied wildly in terms of what is disclosed and

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