A recent Harris Survey in the US concluded that 60% of adults are either not confident at all or not very confident that drug makers will publicly and in a timely manner disclose data on their products’ adverse effects. Their skepticism is hardly groundless: internal documents obtained in recent lawsuits reveal that drug companies often fail to submit critical safety information to regulatory agencies, as required by law, and fail to communicate such information to physicians and patients.
最近美国哈里斯调查得出结论，60%的成年人要么完全不相信要么不怎么相信制药商会适时公开披露他们产品的副作用数据。他们的怀疑也不是毫无根据的：最近几起诉讼案中所得到的内部文件显示，医药公司经常未能如法律要求那样向监管部门递交关键的安全信息，并且未能将这种信息传递给医生和病人。