Are clinical trial data shared sufficiently today? Yes

"an ounce of data is worth a thousand pounds of opinion." (1)

1. Unpublished US phase 3 trials.

Infographics:

Raw data:

2. About the 8 novel drugs approved by the FDA in 2013

3. It's relatively easy to disclose anonymized patient level raw data of a clinical trial.(2)

4. About patient privacy concerns: could anyone identify at least one patient in data disclosed above?

References

1. Ashish Jha. An Ounce of Evidence. Health Policy Blog. Harvard University.
URL: http://blogs.sph.harvard.edu/ashish-jha/
Date accessed: Aug 13, 2014

2. Ramirez JH, Arce R, Contreras A, et al. Periodontal therapy does not improve cardiovascular disease biomarkers: results of a randomized clinical trial. figshare.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1098548