[MCRed]

If you discover a problem with a product, you either don't release it or you fix it. You don't need to tell others (and others don't have a right) what you've discovered.

To think otherwise is to think that my invention that I have locked up in my head that would benefit society (according to you) is something you have the right to force me to disclose.

Privacy exists for reasons and is a basic human right.

EG: do those who think you should have to disclose everything you know have pins on their phones? Think Apple shouldn't be encrypting phone data?

[dsjoerg]

In general you have a point, but in this case the research was conducted at "major U.S. universities and academic hospitals".

The funding rules for academic institutions should be changed to require pre-registration and disclosure of clinical trials; because that will better further the academic community's ultimate goal of expanding our communal knowledge.

[2-18_throw]

As you might be aware, all clinical trials begun in the US since late 2007 must register with clinicaltrials.gov before the trial begins. Interestingly, this includes trials conducted overseas but which use drugs/devices manufactured in the US. [1]

This requirement includes studies funded privately as well as studies funded with public funds.

[1] https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/manage-recs/faq#complyFDAAA

[guelo]

We're talking about advancing science, not startups. A lot of the research is publicly funded.