Posts Tagged ‘Kyoto Heart Study’

September 5th, 2013

Lancet Formally Retracts Jikei Heart Study of Valsartan

The Lancet has formally retracted the Jikei Heart Study paper, originally published in 2007. The retraction had been widely anticipated for more than a month, after a series of news reports in Japan made it clear that the long-simmering controversy over scientific misconduct involving the Novartis blood pressure lowering drug valsartan (Diovan) had come to a full boil. […]


February 2nd, 2013

European Heart Journal Retracts Main Paper of the Kyoto Heart Study

The 2009 report of the Kyoto Heart Study on the add-on effect of valsartan in hypertension has been retracted with a terse comment by the editors of the European Heart Journal.


January 8th, 2013

Two Retractions for Embattled Chief Investigator of KYOTO HEART Study

The editor of Circulation Journal, the official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society (and not to be confused with the American Heart Association’s [AHA’s] better known Circulation) has announced the retraction of two substudies from the KYOTO HEART Study. The papers, according to the editor, “contain a number of serious errors in data analysis.” The announcement contained no additional information about […]