This is a TED Talk about how scientific experiments can be manipulated in order to create “scientific evidence” that only benefits a pre-determined outcome. Examples of how control groups and test groups are designed to brand specific test-drugs to make them look better, and more effective, by pharmaceutical companies are discussed. Negative trails also have a habit of going “missing”, more often in projects founded by the industry, or hidden by e.g. the use of statistics. Further, some trial data are withheld from doctors and patients by pharmaceutical companies which only enables the doctor to trust a treatment based on what is not withheld: the data that perfectly illustrates the drug as the company wants it to be, and not how it actually is.

I have found this TED Talk to be extremely thought provoking, and it should be watched by anyone who is considering during research in medical companies. Here is the link: