Barcelona, 23 January 2014./ Yesterday evening, at the Barcelona Atheneum, the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation presented Luces y sombras en la investigación clínica(Light and shade in clinical research) , a book published by Triacastela in partnership with the Foundation and designed to fill a gap in the Spanish literature in this area. It seeks both to inform and to stimulate reflection on the most controversial aspects of clinical research, and has been edited by Xavier Carné, Head of Pharmacology at the Hospital Clínico, Rafael Dal-Ré, Director of Clinical Research at the UAM-CSIC Campus for International Excellence, and Diego Gracia, Professor of the History of Medicine at the Complutense University in Madrid.