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To me, it’s bizarre. She would have recruited a big number, yet her name is not on the paper.”\nQ: “So, she’s at [redacted university].”\nA: “Very odd.”\nQ: “So, you’re saying they excluded trial investigators off the paper?”\nA: “Many, yeah. Many got excluded. Yeah, there were a few things that were not good...if you’re a PI of this study at a site, you’re not just in the acknowledgements; you should be a co-author.... 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