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Of Mice And Men In Clinical Trials
Sometimes it's better to be a mouse than a man. Report assails FDA oversight of clinical trials Federal investigator says little done to ensure patient safety WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of the millions of people who participate in clinical trials, a federal investigator has found...

Tuskegee, a Cloud Over Clinical Research
The Washington Post reports that today, minority patients are underrepresented in clinical trials. African American, Latino and Asian populations account for about one-third of all Americans, but less than one-tenth of U...

PatientsLikeMe Website
The New York Times reported on Sunday about a new website, PatientsLikeMe, that permits patients to share medical data and learn more about treatments, drug doses, clinical trials and symptoms of a variety of diseases...

There are very distinct limitations to the FDA's ability to share information which is identified as confidential or trade secret
HELEN BRANSWELL The Canadian Press U.S. and Canadian regulatory rules allowed companies to conduct "secret science" that jeopardized the lives and health of hundreds of people who took part in clinical trials for a human blood substitute, even though earlier tests had shown the existing products were dangerous, researchers reported yesterday...

Polyheme
Polyheme is a blood substitute. It has been used in clinical trials with trauma patients. While federal regulation requires the consent of subjects for clinical trials the regulation also allow a waiver of consent in certain cases which includes times...

A Quick Look at PatientsLikeMe
PatientsLikeMe is a website that permits patients diagnosed with life-changing disease to share medical data and learn more about treatments, drug doses, clinical trials and symptoms of a variety of diseases...

Bextra Product Recall
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Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Nationwide Recall Of All Lots Of Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 Count With Ez-Open Cap
Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 Count With Ez-Open Cap All Lots Recalled Nationally

Uninsured Patients
Scripps Health agrees to refund 35% of overpriced medical treatments in class action settlement.