As a shocking report suggests that as many as one in five of the medical trials we rely on to tell us drugs are safe may be fabricated, altered - and even made up - The Mail on Sunday team speak to the scientists investigating this widespread scandal and ask, what does this mean for patients? Richard Smith, former British Medical Journal editor suggests the answer is to treat every study as if it's made-up, until proven otherwise, while Lisa Bero at health research authority Cochrane tells of the steps already being taken to combat the problem.
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