Participants Left Uninformed in Some Halted Medical Trials
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Drug and medical device makers will not be forced to disclose the results of clinical trials on some products that never reached the marketplace.
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Bayer HealthCare, a U.S.-based unit of Bayer AG  , stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients  with non-small cell lung cancer, after an independent data  monitoring committee concluded that the study would not meet  the main goal of improved overall survival.
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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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A major trial looking at the best drugs to treat high blood pressure has been stopped early because the results were so good. Experts believe this could have major implications for the treatment of millions
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Neurologists urge caution upon reports of a successful therapy.
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Researchers say results aren't necessarily transferable to human beings.
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A clinical trial of Zetia, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised questions about its effectiveness and the behavior of pharmaceutical companies that conducted the study.
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Because of PfizerÂs failed trial, drugs similar to torcetrapib from other companies could face greater scrutiny Â and delays Â in getting to market.
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NEW YORK - Today at the UBS Global Life Sciences Conference, AtheroGenics was met with pointed skepticism over trial results for its drug, AGI-1067.
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NEW YORK  - Physicians frequently fail to   provide patients with all the information they should have when   they're prescribed new medication, investigators in California   report.
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ATLANTA: A study aimed at determining if some children with sickle cell anemia could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy has been halted because two young patients who stopped getting the procedure suffered strokes and others developed a high chance
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Patients are being put at risk because of the secrecy of drug companies which refuse to publish the results of clinical trials, it was claimed today.
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Flaws in a clinical trial of the AIDS drug nevirapine conducted by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) were reportedly kept from the US president before his 2002 announcement of a major aid programme for Africa.
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A diagnostic test intended to identify patients who should receive heart defibrillators did not produce conclusive data, according to initial results from a clinical trial.
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Despite a lack of conclusive scientific evidence, some people are already using antiretrovirals as preventives, hoping to halt HIV transmission during risky sex
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Surprising study results show that the popular heart drug doesn't live up to its claims  -  and three new trials are now underway
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Bayer HealthCare stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients with non-small cell lung cancer after a monitoring committee concluded the study would not improve overall survival.