https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/07/05/time-to-assume-that-health-research-is-fraudulent-until-proved-otherwise/
Many fake trials come from (Egypt, China, India, Iran, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey), when John Ioannidis, a professor at Stanford University, examined patient data from trials submitted from those countries to Anaesthesia he found that many were false

Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise? - The BMJ
Health research is based on trust. Health professionals and journal editors reading the results of a clinical trial assume that the trial happened and that the results were honestly reported. [...]More...
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