Researchers Find Less Than Half of FDA Clinical Trial Results Are Published
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Researchers have found that less than half of clinical supporting trials for newly FDA-approved prescription drugs were published in medical journals after the drugs were cleared for sale in the United States. The results of the research, which also found that encouraging drug test results were more likely to be published than negative or inconclusive findings, sends a troubling message to drug users and doctors. If the results of supporting trials on newly approved drugs are not published in medical journals after the drugs have been in use for several years, patients and their doctors have no way of knowing…Continue » Posted in Dangerous Drugs