As a good chemist I always defend drug companies when I hear people attack their integrity. I can’t help but roll my eyes when I hear the benefits of herbal remedies, and can’t help but wince when I hear people advocate only eating natural non-chemical containing foods. Even I will have to mellow these attitudes after The Scientist uncovered a deal Merck made with Elsevier to publish a fake medical journal for an undisclosed sum of money. I always feel the readers of Chemistry Blog should draw their own conclusions, so here are the .PDFs for the 1st and 2nd issue of the journal: 1st, 2nd My findings and take on each issue of the fake journal are summarized below. Summary from my Perusal of the 1st issue of the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine. Total Quantity Article Type # Merck Products # other Company Products Conclusion 6 International News 0 0 2 Review Articles 1 1 Aledronate is Good 2 Abstracts 0 0 1 Commentary 0 0 9 Conference Highlights 2 0 Aledronate Effective 2 Case Report 0 0 2 Ads 2 0 Fosamax, Vioxx Out of 22 articles only 3 show Merck in a good light. The other articles are general information pieces that a doctor might be interested in. Doesn’t really seem too evil, but here are the stats from the next issue. Summary from my Perusal of the 2nd issue of the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine. Total Quantity Article Type # Merck Products # other Company Products Conclusion 3 International...