Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 17, 2008
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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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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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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FRIDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may be able to determine the effectiveness of anti-angiogenic cancer drugs by measuring levels of a type of blood cell.
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NEW YORK/WHITEHOUSE STATION, New Jersey  - Merck & Co.  expects to seek U.S. approval in 2007 for drugs to treat HIV, cholesterol and insomnia, and it aims to have another four products in late-stage trials by mid-year, the company said on Tuesday.
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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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(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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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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Robert B. Saper, MD, MPH ; Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH ; Janet Paquin, PhD ; Michael J. Burns, MD ; David M. Eisenberg, MD ; Roger B. Davis, ScD ; Russell S. Phillips, MD.
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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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BioSante releases more info on the pivotal studies for its lead drug.
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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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TORONTO - Some of the world&#39;s most prestigious medical journals have banded together to force pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report the full results of clinical trials, both positive and negative.
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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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The embattled pharmaceutical industry announced its intention Thursday to publish more data about clinical drug trials, despite skepticism about whether the initiative will really increase transparency and improve drug safety.
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Here's what a newly approved drug looks like.
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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.