González-Moreno, María and Saborido, Cristian and Teira, David (2015) Disease-mongering through clinical trials. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 51. pp. 11-18. ISSN 13698486

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Our goal in this paper is to articulate a precise concept of at least a certain kind of disease-mongering, showing how pharmaceutical marketing can commercially exploit certain diseases when their best definition is given through the success of a treatment in a clinical trial. We distinguish two typesof disease-mongering according to the way theyexploit the definition of the trial population for marketing purposes. We argue that behind these two forms ofdisease-mongering there are two well-known problems in the statistical methodology of clinical trials (the reference class problem and the distinction between statistical and clinical significance). Overcoming them is far from simple

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID González-Moreno, María Saborido, Cristian Teira, David
Keywords:	disease mongering, reference class, statistical significance
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine > Clinical Trials Specific Sciences > Medicine > Health and Disease Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Prof. David Teira
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2020 19:03
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2020 19:03
Item ID:	18147
Journal or Publication Title:	Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Official URL:	http://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.02.007
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.02.007
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine > Clinical Trials Specific Sciences > Medicine > Health and Disease Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2015
Page Range:	pp. 11-18
Volume:	51
ISSN:	13698486
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18147

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