Scientific Reproducibility: Begley's Six Rules - Forbes

Scientific Reproducibility: Begley's Six Rules - Forbes

The lack of robust reproducibility in the scientific literature is both shocking and troubling, and has been a widely covered topic over the past couple years.
One of the earliest blogs here at LifeSciVC was on the dirty secret that more than half of academic work couldn’t be replicated in an industrial setting, and how it shaped the way we view starting new companies as venture investors.  It got the attention of BioCentury/SciBX as well as the Wall Street Journal.
Later in 2011, some real data was added to strengthen the case: a Bayer Healthcare team published work showing that only 25% of the academic studies they examined could be replicated.....