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Accountability in Research
Ethics, Integrity and Policy
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Investigators, industry, and the heuristic device: Ethics, patent law, and clinical innovation

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Pages 219-233 | Published online: 11 Jun 2008

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  • Corresponding author. Tel.: 212–746–4246. Fax: 212–746–8738. E‐mail: jjfins®mail. med.cornell.edu.
  • The views expressed herein reflect those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies of the entities with which the authors are affiliated.

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