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Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. - 0 views

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    The fact that an increasing number of medications are unable to beat sugar pills has thrown the industry into crisis. It's not that the old meds are getting weaker, drug developers say. It's as if the placebo effect is somehow getting stronger. Why are inert pills suddenly overwhelming promising new drugs and established medicines alike? Pharma doesn't know, and drugmakers are realizing they need to fully understand the mechanisms behind it so they can design trials that differentiate more clearly between the beneficial effects of their products and the body's innate ability to heal itself. special task force of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health is seeking to stem the crisis by quietly undertaking one of the most ambitious data-sharing efforts in the history of the drug industry.
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Key opinion leaders: independent experts or drug representatives in disguise? - 0 views

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    In the world of medicine, "key opinion leader" is the somewhat Orwellian term used to describe the senior doctors who help drug companies sell drugs. : BMJ : British Medical Journal
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Medicine: Ignorance is Bliss? So Say Drug & Device Companies! | Paul Krugman Blog | NY... - 0 views

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    This is really unbelievable: The drug and medical-device industries are mobilizing to gut a provision in the stimulus bill that would spend $1.1 billion on research comparing medical treatments, portraying it as the first step to government rationing.
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RxList | Drug Information - 0 views

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    Search this online database for comprehensive information on FDA-approved pharmaceutical drugs.
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OrbusNeich "Genous" Bioengineered R Stent is Safe Alternative to Drug-Eluting Stents - 0 views

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    Multiple Clinical Data Presentations at EuroPCR 2008 Support Use of OrbusNeich's Genous(TM) Bio-engineered R stent(TM) as Safe Alternative to Drug-Eluting Stents (Randomized TRIAS HR Pilot Study)
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Thrombosis and Drug-Eluting Stents: An Objective Appraisal - 0 views

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    Thrombosis and Drug-Eluting Stents: An Objective Appraisal
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Current Clinical Medicine |:| Cleveland Clinic Guidelines, Protocols, Algorithms, Drug ... - 0 views

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    Authoritative, clinical, concise, actionable information via textbook and web. Algorithms, illustrations, Mosby's Drug Consult, Diagnosis and Treatment Box for each condition.
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Pharma, physicians, pads, pens, prescriptions | KevinMD.com - 0 views

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    Research shows that many doctors rely more on the pharmaceutical industry's own information about a medication than on checking independent sources for evaluations of the drug.
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A New Diabetic Drug? HUM-MOLGEN news - 0 views

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    Takashi Kadowaki and colleagues at the University of Tokyo administered adiponectin to obese mice fed a high fat diet & to mice w/reduced levels of body fat, improving insulin resistance & lowering blood glucose levels in both sets of mice.
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The Truth about Drug Companies - 0 views

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    There is no simple way to preserve the entrepreneurial spirit that has created MRI scans, stents, bioengineered drugs, and artificial knees - and completely eliminate financial conflicts of interest...Even with rigorous guidelines, pharmaceutical companie
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Abbott Laboratories: Bioabsorbable Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent: March 24, 2007 - 0 views

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    Abbott Announces Positive Six-Month Results from the World's First Clinical Trial of A Fully Bioabsorbable Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent\nAbbott's Bioabsorbable Stent Technology Holds Promise as Future-Generation Treatment Option for Physicians Treating Pati
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ATryn New Drug Application - 0 views

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    ATryn (antithrombin alfa) Treatment for Antithrombin III Deficiency - BLA Submitted for ATryn\nGTC Biotherapeutics Completes BLA Submission For ATryn
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