Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 28, 2007
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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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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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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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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A New Jersey court awards damages to Idaho couple in Vioxx case.Plus: SEC and OSC file complaints against former Nortel execs... Bush administration says it's fish farming season... and more.
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FRANKFURT/CHICAGO  - U.S. regulators have demanded  more clinical studies of a new substance designed to produce  clearer MRI pictures of clogged arteries, Germany's Schering AG  and U.S. partner Epix Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Friday.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for multiple sclerosis that in clinical trials got better results than existing drugs in protecting against relapses.
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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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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.
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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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British researchers are set to begin human trials of a vaccine for type 1 diabetes, BBC News Online reported Monday. Seventy-two diabetic patients are set to participate in the studies beginning next spring
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MONDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer treatment trials that are funded by drug companies are more likely to show positive results than studies sponsored by other sources, new research suggests.
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Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.
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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 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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Encouraging phase II results of a trial to test the efficacy of a malaria vaccine for young children is published in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (pp 1380, 1411).
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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.