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NEWS: Jeanne Lenzer US passes bill granting mandatory access to data BMJ 2007; 335: 906 [Full text]

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No access to data?

Keith H. Nockels   (2 November 2007)

Mr Keith H. Nockels is correct

Jeanne Lenzer   (17 November 2007)

No access to data? 2 November 2007
Keith H. Nockels, Leicester Research Archive Manager University Library, University of Leicester, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK Send response to journal: Re: No access to data?	This is an interesting development, especially in the light of the poor response to the encouragement given to NIH funded researchers to deposit their manuscripts in PubMed Central. But I wonder if the title of this piece is misleading - the mandate appears, from the article itself, to apply to manuscripts and not to the underlying data. This is the first thing I have read about this bill, but I expect there will be a lot more written in due course, which might clarify things. Competing interests: Manager of the University of Leicester (UK) institutional repository
Mr Keith H. Nockels is correct 17 November 2007
Jeanne Lenzer, medical investigative journalist freelancer, New York Send response to journal: Re: Mr Keith H. Nockels is correct	Mr Nockels is absolutely correct. The bill will not provide any access to underlying data. This is an important limitation of the bill. Competing interests: author of article