Clinical Trials Update: July 6, 2007
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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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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MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- New cancer drugs often save lives, but are they cost-effective?
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A report to be released on Friday finds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of patients who help test drugs in clinical trials, The New York Times reports.
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A drug already used to treat kidney cancer became the first medicine to extend the life of patients with advanced liver cancer in a clinical trial, adding about three months to survival compared to a placebo, according to a study released on Monday.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18  (HealthDayNews) -- A new blood test holds promise for improving the treatment of advanced breast cancer, researchers report.
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The risk of treatment-related (toxic) death for cancer patients enrolled in phase 1 clinical trials had decreased significantly over the past 12 years (from 1991 to 2002), according to an article in the November 3 issue of JAMA.
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New board will focus on safety of drugs already on the market. Also: Flarion makes bold moves to spur expansion of infrastructure for its mobile data technology.... Texas Instruments can make cheaper 3G phones.... and more.
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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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Six Apart and LiveJournal combine to boast 6.5 million users and a growing business. Also: Microsoft unveils antivirus software.... Canada may stop internet drug sales to America.... and more.
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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
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49927)  announces the addition of Frost & Sullivan's  new report Advances in Biomaterials for Medical Device Applications to  their offering.
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Pfizer (PFE) said Friday that is has received new information about the cardiovascular safety of its popular arthritis drug Celebrex, based on an analysis of a long-term cancer trial.
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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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A US advisory panel on Friday will review data on an experimental drug that is injected into the eye to stop vision loss in elderly patients at risk of going blind.
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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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(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: