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BMJ 1998;317:417 ( 8 August )

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EDITOR $---$ The title of my recent article "Collaborative research with infant formula companies should not always be censored"was added by the BMJ and does not reflect my views.¹ It impliesthat in most or many instances censorship is or should be in operation.I would have chosen as a title "Collaborative research with infantformula companies should be encouraged"; as in pharmaceuticalresearch, high quality product development is in the interestsof child health.

Alan Lucas, MRC clinical research professor.
MRC Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH

Lucas A. Should industry sponsor research? Collaborative research with infant formula companies should be encouraged. BMJ 1998; 317: 333-338[Free Full Text]. (1 August.)

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