strange proposals for tackling biom...

strange proposals for tackling biomedical research fraud and misconduct in the United Kingdom lack sufficient clout to make any real difference, says the Committee onward Publication Ethics (COPE, London).
Representatives from regulatory and educational bodies, the pharmaceutical industry, publishers, and the public attended a meeting in Edinburgh in 1999 and agreed that a national material substance was needed to monitor and police research misconduct. The Academy of Medical Sciences (London) was charged with the task of devising a framework.
The Academy's proposals focus primarily forward the ...