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Is your friend Nathan Anderson?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Anderson

That's a really interesting approach. The trick would be knowing the indicators of fabricated data. Or perhaps just knowing when the data isn't good enough to pass the next clinical trial.

yeah, he says it's obvious but I've read some of the same papers and I just don't have the background to be confident

How does he afford a short position for such a long time until the market caught up to him?

Perhaps he’s buying deep out of the money puts instead of actually shorting

Wow that’s truly fascinating. I’d love to hear your friend tell the story of how he got into it and how he makes it work, if he ever finds himself in an autobiographical mood.

Part of the trick of having an edge over the rest of the market is to not tell anybody, at least not widely.

That's why all those "I tell you about my secret to making 5 grand a day if you click the link below, for free" youtube ads are obviously all scams.