[Comment] Research misconduct and the INTERGROWTH-21st study

On Oct 20, 2016, a statement appeared on the WHO website, announcing that “An independent review commissioned by WHO has found that research ethics misconduct occurred in a study on foetal growth standards.”1 The study in question was the INTERGROWTH-21st study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford, UK, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and reported in several journals, including our own.2–5 Such a judgment by the world's foremost global health agency was serious, casting damaging light on a study of international importance.

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