By Jo Revill Every medicine prescribed in Britain is offered to patients only after years collecting data from clinical trials to show a drug’s safety and effectiveness. Increasingly, medical research in the UK is a collaborative effort between big pharmaceutical companies and universities. Although there will be a commercial contract between the two, much of […]
Pharma majors under fire over trial compensation
By Joe Mathew, New Delhi A Union health ministry probe has revealed that pharmaceutical majors conducting clinical trials in India have not given compensation to majority of the volunteers who died during the trials. Of the 671 deaths that were reported in 2010, the ministry has evidence of just three cases of compensation. The ministry […]
Are GlaxoSmithKline Japan Putting Children At Danger With Paxil Trial?
By Robert Fiddaman Some of you may know that I’ve been closely following the Paxil Clinical Trial in Japan. The trial, now completed, was labelled, “Clinical Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Paxil Tablets in Children and Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder: Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Parallel Group Study.” I wasn’t the only one voicing my concerns […]
Third phase studies on HPV vac to continue despite expert panel finding faults in trials of AP, Gujarat
By Joseph Alexander, New Delhi Notwithstanding the findings by the expert team about deficiencies in the trials of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, the health Ministry has allowed the ongoing third phase of the clinical trials in India, but without further vaccinations. Turning down the demand by many public interest […]
Reports Detail More Drug Industry Ties to Medical Societies
By Nicholas Kusnetz As we reported earlier this month, there are often deep financial ties [1] between professional medical societies and the drug and medical device industries. This week, other news outlets chimed in, detailing how recommendations made by two medical societies raise at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.Professional groups represent physicians […]
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