During the meeting representatives from leading biomedical journals responded with an unequivocal assertion that public disclosure of information of relevance to public health emergencies should not
prejudice journal publication of full scientific reports.
These included the misperception that disclosure of major findings may negatively
prejudice subsequent
journal publication; limitations in technical capacity to share information; concerns that data would be analysed and published without due recognition; and the possibility that data sharing could lead to the development of products that source populations are unable to afford.