HHS Report Slams FDA’s Conflict of Interest Oversight
Public release date: 13-Jan-2009 - 42% were missing the required financial disclosures on the investigators. - Most often, the sponsors said the investigators could not be located or failed to…
Pneumococcal vaccine does not appear to protect against pneumonia
Public release date: 5-Jan-2009 - Commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines do not appear to be effective for preventing pneumonia - When only high quality trials were included, there was no…
Stanford/Packard study shows no benefit from drug widely used to prevent premature births -nifedipine
Public release date: 26-Nov-2008 - Serious side effects of nifedipine in pregnancy are rare, Lyell said, but even a low risk isn’t worthwhile if the drug has no benefit. STANFORD,…
Drug marketing techniques may be risking patient safety
Public release date: 2-Dec-2008 Analysis: What can we learn from drug marketing efficiency? With new drugs being reviewed by regulatory agencies and then released onto the market faster than ever…
Interferon as long-term treatment for hepatitis C not effective, report HALT-C researchers
Public release date: 4-Dec-2008 - researchers found no difference in the rate of progression of liver disease among patients who received interferon and those who did not DALLAS — Dec.…
Breaking the silence after a study ends
Public release date: 8-Dec-2008 While an estimated 2.3 million people in the United States take part in clinical trials every year, there currently exists no formal requirement to inform them…
Mandatory HPV Vaccination Is Unwarranted and Unwise
Public release date: 13-Nov-2008 Washington, D.C. – November 12, 2008 – The HPV vaccine, sold as Gardasil in the U.S., is intended to prevent four strains of the human papillomavirus,…
Roche ordered to pay $13M to users of acne drug – Accutane ( 2008 )
Public release date: 20-Nov-2008 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A jury has ordered drugmaker Roche to pay nearly $13 million to three patients who claim they developed a chronic bowel disorder…
14 drugs identified as most urgently needing study for off-label use, Stanford professor says
Public release date: 24-Nov-2008 - quetiapine (brand name Seroquel), warfarin, escitalopram, risperidone and montelukast etc... STANFORD, Calif. — Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat…
Doctors should disclose off-label prescribing to their patients
Public release date: 10-Nov-2008 Doctors should be required to disclose when they are prescribing drugs off-label, argues a new article in this week's PLoS Medicine. Michael Wilkes and Margaret…
How drug companies covertly promote off-label drug use
Public release date: 27-Oct-2008 Off-label prescription of a drug is generally legal, but promotion of off-label uses by a drug manufacturer is illegal. In an article in this week's PLoS Medicine,…
News media often do not report potential sources of bias in medical research
Public release date: 30-Sep-2008 An analysis of news media coverage of medical studies indicates that news articles often fail to report pharmaceutical company funding and frequently refer to medications by…
New Study on Effects of Disclosing Financial Interests on Participation in Medical Research (2008)
Public release date: 2-Oct-2008 Baltimore, MD. - Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients' willingness to take part…
Flu vaccine not associated with reduced hospitalizations or outpatient visits among young children
Public release date: 6-Oct-2008 - significant influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated for any season, age or setting after adjusting for county, sex, insurance, chronic conditions Use of the…
More Americans have, get treated for high blood pressure / Only 50.3 percent have normal blood pressure
Public release date: 13-Oct-2008 Study highlights: • An analysis of data from two natonal health studies shows that more U.S. adults have hypertension than ever before. • The percent…
Top-selling prescription drug mismarketed to women / Lipitor does not appear to be scientifically supported for large segments of the female population.
Public release date: 17-Sep-2008 Ithaca, N.Y. – September 17, 2008 – Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales.…
Half of trials supporting FDA applications go unpublished
Public release date: 22-Sep-2008 Over half of all supporting trials for FDA-approved drugs remained unpublished 5 years after approval, says new research published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The…
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Popular COPD treatment increases risk for cardiac events, cardiac death ” longer than one month increases the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent “
Public release date: 23-Sep-2008 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that use of the most commonly prescribed once-a-day treatment for chronic obstructive…
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs and the effect on muscle repair and regeneration
Public release date: 25-Sep-2008 HILTON HEAD, SC—Statins are powerful drugs that reduce "bad" cholesterol and thus cut the risk of a heart attack. While these medications offer tremendous benefits…
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Vaccine
Some children vaccinated against hepatitis B may have an increased risk of MS
Public release date: 25-Sep-2008 Majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis B not at increased risk of MS ST. PAUL, Minn. – The majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis B…
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