Extreme Tag Ann BartowMay 6, 2009Just for Fun previousPharmaceutical company Merck paid an undisclosed sum to academic publisher Elsevier to produce several volumes of a publication that had the look of a peer-reviewed medical journal, but contained only reprinted or summarized articles — most of which presented data favorable to Merck products — that appeared to act solely as marketing tools with no disclosure of company sponsorship.nextCode Cracking at the C.I.A. — Maybe They Should Call the N.S.A.?