The role of the State Security Service (Stasi) in the context of international clinical trials conducted by western pharmaceutical companies in Eastern Germany (1961–1990)

• Rainer Erices ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rainer@erices.de

  Affiliation Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

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• Andreas Frewer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

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• Antje Gumz

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Berlin University of Psychology (PHB), Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf and Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany

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