When an article is peer-reviewed and published in a respected journal, people and doctors obviously assume that the peer reviewers have had access to the data and they’ve independently analyzed the data and they corroborate the findings in a manuscript that was submitted, or they give feedback to the authors and say we disagree with you on this point and would you please check our analysis and if you agree with us make [the necessary revisions]. That’s what they assume the peer review process is, but it’s not. The peer reviewers don’t have the data. The peer reviewers have the manuscript that’s been submitted, usually in conjunction with or by the drug company that manufactures the drug. So peer reviewers are unable to perform the job that doctors think they’re performing.
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