Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 4, 2008
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Thursday ordered the review of preventative  studies involving Pfizer Inc.'s painkillers Celebrex and  Bextra, in light of recent evidence they may increase the risk  of heart attack and stroke.
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Researchers at Merck can use neural stem-cell tech in early stages of drug development. Plus: Pay for eggs OK in Britain. In Bodyhack.
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SALT LAKE CITY - Learning whether or not one method of surgery works better than another for patients with chondrosarcoma, a cancer of the cartilage, is the goal of a new clinical study opening this week at multiple sites around the US and Canada, with
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Description: A new study finds that deaths in cancer drug trials have declined ten-fold, thanks to the development of drugs that are better targeted at the tumors themselves.
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We have today been informed of new clinical trial data for celecoxib (Celebrex), showing an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death (relative to placebo).
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MONDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer treatment trials that are funded by drug companies are more likely to show positive results than studies sponsored by other sources, new research suggests.
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A website goes the extra mile to make sure voters aren & rsquo;t confused this Tuesday.  Also: West Virginia organizes the first public supercomputer & hellip;.  FDA keeps its eye on a new pain relief drug & hellip;. and more.
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A New Jersey court awards damages to Idaho couple in Vioxx case.Plus: SEC and OSC file complaints against former Nortel execs... Bush administration says it's fish farming season... and more.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Vioxx. Medicare. Obesity.
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(December 29, 2004) - Six clinical studies at the University of Rochester Medical Center have ended because of findings that question the safety of the drugs under investigation.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants.
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Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered the review of preventative studies involving Pfizer Inc.'s painkillers Celebrex and Bextra, in light of recent evidence they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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MONDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Little more than one in eight phase II cancer clinical trials with encouraging results go forward to the larger, phase III stage that&#39;s needed to bring a new therapy to patients, a new study finds.
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Acorda announces positive clinical trial data.
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Clinical trial data released by pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim at the 44th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Washington, DC, on its experimental protease inhibitor tipranavir show that the drug is effective