In a notice flagging a series of problems with a clinical trial, the journal Nature Medicine said its editors “no longer have confidence in the integrity of the results.”
Category: Clinical Trials
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Medical Journal Retracts Study Claiming Cancer Therapy Is More Effective When Given in the Morning
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How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough
The New York Times – Business:The new strategy also holds promise for lung and colon tumors. Here’s how scientists discovered it.
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American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.
The New York Times – Business:A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.
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F.D.A. Grants Early Access to Promising Drug for Pancreatic Cancer
The New York Times – Business:Patients with one of the deadliest cancers have been pleading for an unapproved treatment that may prolong their lives.
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New Gene Therapy Enables Children With a Rare Form of Deafness to Hear
The New York Times – Business:The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent.
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Two Drugs Stir Hope for Treatment of Deadly Pancreatic Cancer
The New York Times – Business:In separate small clinical trials, two treatments showed promise that they could help patients with one of the most dire diagnoses in oncology.
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A Cancer Detection Test Fails in Major Study
The New York Times – Business:A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in later stages of the disease.
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U.S. Health Officials Defend Rejection of Moderna’s Flu Vaccine
The New York Times – Business:The F.D.A.’s refusal to examine the company’s mRNA shot drew widespread criticism from doctors and was divisive within the agency.
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New Eli Lilly Drug Retatrutide Brought Major Weight Loss in Trial
The maker of Zepbound reported results from a study of retatrutide, which targets three hormones in the body and led to much more weight loss than any approved drug.
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Ozempic Drug Fails to Quell Alzheimer’s in Novo Nordisk Trials
The studies were a significant setback for the optimistic view that semaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs could help prevent a number of brain diseases.
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Study Finds Evidence That Text-Based Therapy Eases Depression
A large-scale randomized trial of texting therapy concluded that its outcomes were as good as video sessions in treating depression.