Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 18, 2006
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Pre-clinical trial results are mixed, but mark a major step forward for developing human treatments.
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A preview of some of the biopharmas presenting at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A new kind of drug designed to lower levels of "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and reduce heart disease risk has proved safe and effective in a phase II clinical trial, researchers report.
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Here's what a newly approved drug looks like.
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Two newly published studies in the September 17, 2004 issue of Science give rise to the possibility of developing drug therapies that target eosinophils, white blood cells long known to be associated with the asthma.
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NEWS: In 2002, weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top US health officials were warned that research about the drug, nevirapine, was flawed
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An updated analysis of data from studies of anemia drugs used with cancer treatments showed that they increase risk of death and blood clots, an industry newsletter reported on Friday.
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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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More than 200,000 heart tests from  patients in prescription drug trials will be collected in a  database so scientists can search for clues about potentially  dangerous cardiac side effects, U.S. health officials said on  Wednesday.
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questions over testing of a key HIV/AIDS drug before a US-backed roll-out of the treatment across the continent. Ingelheim to hide adverse effects of nevirapine when used to try to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission.
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Here's a reality check amid Congress' showdown with President Bush over stem cell research: The potential treatments for diabetes, spinal cord injury and other devastating disorders are years away from being tested in people.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Just-released data from a trial that was stopped early in 2004 for safety reasons is re-igniting debate on the safety of two popular painkillers.
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The drug industry, fighting off  criticism for hiding data from negative studies, unveiled on  Tuesday a database for firms to voluntarily provide summarized  results of most clinical trials of medicines sold in the United  States.
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NEW YORK, December 24  - The Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it planned to examine the various studies that link the usage of several painkillers with heightened cardiovascular risks, while recommending that
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It's running trials to see if the drug can be used in earlier stages of cancer.
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The world's leading drug companies have promised to publish more data about clinical trials into new medicines to reassure the public about their safety.