Growing evidence demonstrates widespread deficiencies in the reporting of health research studies. The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that aims to enhance the reliability and value of the published health research literature. EQUATOR provides resources, education and training to facilitate good research reporting and assists in the development, dissemination and implementation of robust reporting guidelines. This paper presents a collection of tools and guidelines available on the EQUATOR website (http://www.equator-network.org) that have been developed to increase the accuracy and transparency of health research reporting.

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A catalogue of reporting guidelines for health research.

The Good Publication Practice (GPP) guideline provides recommendations for individuals and organizations that contribute to the publication of research results sponsored or supported by pharmaceuti...

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Good Publication Practice for Communicating Company-Sponsored Medical Research: GPP3

These updated Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines include recommendations for publishing company-sponsored biomedical research. The GPP guidelines apply to peer-reviewed or peer-oriented biomedical publications, such as manuscripts, meeting presentations, posters, and abstracts, as well as enhanced content, such as plain-language summaries. The current GPP guidelines incorporate guidance on ethics and transparency as well as the planning, development, review, and approval of biomedical publications and policies and procedures that describe these practices. Supplemental materials lay out processes for steering committees, publication plans, publication working groups, determining authorship, and documentation. Information about new topics, such as alliances and working with patients, has been included where appropriate within these supplemental materials. Incorporating the principles and best practices presented in these GPP guidelines will result in increased transparency and a firm ethical footing. This guidance is also intended to enable the compliant incorporation of new and emerging publication tools for the ethical publication of company-sponsored research. 

Good Publication Practice (GPP) Guidelines for Company-Sponsored Biomedical Research: 2022 Update

The ability to write up research in the form of a paper is a crucial requisite for academics. The skills required are manifold and are acquired piecemeal during an individual's training. Matters would be facilitated by a short and intensive course that would cover all of these facets. Such a course would ideally be delivered by experienced writers and editors. It is for this very reason that WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) was created. WASP was held outside of Malta for the first time, in London. This paper describes the preparations required in order to plan and execute a course of this or similar nature.

WASP - Write a Scientific Paper course: why and how

The credibility of industry-sponsored clinical research has suffered in recent years, undercut by reports of selective or biased disclosure of research results, ghostwriting and guest authorship, and inaccurate or incomplete reporting of potential conflicts of interest.1,2 In response, many pharmaceutical companies have integrated best practices and recommendations from groups such as the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the Good Publication Practice guidelines, the Committee on Publication Ethics, the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Resources) Network, and the Medical Publishing Insights and Practices (MPIP) initiative into their internal policies and standard operating procedures.3-10 However, a credibility gap remains: some observers, including some journal editors and academic reviewers, maintain a persistent negative view of industry-sponsored studies.11 Given industry's pivotal role in the development of new therapies, further improvements in research conduct and disclosure are needed across the industry-investigator-editor enterprise to restore confidence in industry-sponsored biomedical research.

In 2008, the MPIP was founded by members of the pharmaceutical industry and the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals to elevate trust, transparency, and integrity in publishing industry–sponsored studies through education and creation of a discussion forum among industry research sponsors and biomedical journals.12,13 In 2010, the MPIP convened a roundtable of 23 journal editors and industry representatives (see the “Acknowledgments” section for a list of MPIP participants) to characterize the persistent and perceived credibility gap in industry-sponsored research and identify approaches to resolve it. Attendees agreed that there have been important improvements in the conduct and reporting of industry-sponsored studies during the past 5 years, but several opportunities remain for additional improvement. Attendees reached consensus on a top 10 list of recommendations (Table), intended to serve as a call to action for all stakeholders—authors, journal editors, research sponsors, and others—to enhance the quality and transparency of industry-sponsored clinical research reporting. Although framed in the context of industry sponsorship, many of these recommendations would enhance the credibility of clinical research publications in general, regardless of the funding source.



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Top 10 Recommendations for Closing the Credibility Gap in Reporting Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research

Ten Recommendations for Closing the Credibility Gap in Reporting Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research: A Joint Journal and Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective

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