Clinical Trials Update:&nbsp;Jan. 25, 2005
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(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
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TUESDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDayNews) -- A trial for what appeared to be a promising new therapy for Parkinson's disease has been halted, although researchers haven't given up hope that the drug will one day prove useful.
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The US Food and Drug Administration today announced a five-step program to bolster drug safety evaluations. The news comes after controversy over the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx and risks to children on antidepressants.
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MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- New cancer drugs often save lives, but are they cost-effective?
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Many clinical cancer trials are not published in order to keep industry secrets. A British cancer research group calls for all studies to be published -- even those with marginal results -- so doctors are not misled.
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New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in biotechnology--and what they mean.
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The pharmaceutical industry made a commitment Thursday to publish more data about clinical drug trials, amid growing questions about the safety of many leading companies' medicines.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Two separate studies offer some good news about two drugs for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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NEW YORK -- The pharmaceutical industry yesterday said it plans to publish more data about clinical drug trials, despite skepticism about whether the initiative will increase transparency and improve drug safety.
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Pre-clinical trial results are mixed, but mark a major step forward for developing human treatments.
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TUESDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors who participated in a drug company-sponsored trial of asthma medications were more likely to prescribe that company's drugs.
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THURSDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that the timing of when a woman receives the breast cancer drug Herceptin can influence its effect on her heart.
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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.