Looking for tools to uncover hidden Big Pharma/Food funding in scientific research - any recommendations?

I've been reading scientific literature on PubMed and I'm concerned about hidden conflicts of interest in research papers.

Big Pharma and Big Food companies often obscure their funding by channeling money through intermediary organizations or "independent" institutes. Researchers then declare "no conflicts of interest" despite being indirectly corporate-funded.

Example: Coca-Cola funded the "Global Energy Balance Network" through universities to push the narrative that exercise matters more than diet for weight loss. The corporate connection wasn't immediately obvious.

What I'm looking for:

• Browser extension that flags potential conflicts on PubMed, Google Scholar, etc.
• Database tracking funding sources back to parent companies
• Tool identifying industry-funded "independent" research institutes
• List of known front organizations/intermediary funding bodies

Current disclosure requirements clearly aren't enough when companies can create layers of separation between themselves and the research they fund.

Does anything like this exist? Would others find this useful? I'm considering whether this could be a crowdsourced project.

Would love to hear if anyone has solutions or strategies for identifying hidden conflicts when reading research.

Edit: Not saying all industry-funded research is bad, but we have a right to know who's paying for the science that influences public health decisions.

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