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AUTH/2793/9/15 - Clinical pharmacist v AstraZenecaCase number:AUTH/2793/9/15Case ref:Clinical pharmacist v AstraZenecaDescription:Identifying patients suitable for Forxiga treatment and failing to provide an accurate response to the PanelNo breach:No breaches Clauses 2 and 7.2Breach:Breaches Clauses 3.2, 7.2 and 9.1. Corrective statement and public reprimand.Appeal:No appealReview:Published in the May 2016 ReviewReceived:10/09/2015Completed:17/03/20162793Case Summary:A clinical pharmacist complained about an AstraZeneca leavepiece about how to create a clinical system search to identify patients suitable for tr...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 28, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Alltrials Latest
Dear AllTrials supportersYou may have heard that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3 billion to medical research.That ’s great news for patients and medical researchers worldwide – but only if this money is wisely spent. Right now, around $85 billion of medical research is wasted every year in the US alone. That’s far more than just a lot of money down the drain, it means wasted opportunities to find new trea tments and cures. But there are simple things funders like Chan and Zuckerberg can do to make sure that their generous donations result in cures, and not in...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 27, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
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Source: PharmaGossip - November 6, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
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Source: PharmaGossip - November 5, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
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Source: PharmaGossip - October 31, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
AllTrials update
Dear friend of AllTrialsOver the past few weeks we've heard some great examples of what AllTrials supporters are doing to get all clinical trials registered and reported. Here ’s what some of your fellow campaign supporters have been up to.Consultant Diabetologist Dr Aus Alzaid from Saudi Arabia was interested in the results of a clinical trial investigating the effect of metformin on cognitive function. The trial was completed in 2012 but results have never been published. After writing emails to the researchers and academic institution asking for the missing results, we have now heard they will be published b...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 5, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
AllTrials update
Dear friend of AllTrialsOver the past few weeks we've heard some great examples of what AllTrials supporters are doing to get all clinical trials registered and reported. Here’s what some of your fellow campaign supporters have been up to.Consultant Diabetologist Dr Aus Alzaid from Saudi Arabia was interested in the results of a clinical trial investigating the effect of metformin on cognitive function. The trial was completed in 2012 but results have never been published. After writing emails to the researchers and academic institution asking for the missing results, we have now heard they will be published be...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 4, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Marcia Angell writes
By Marcia AngellIn 1953, a new drug was released by Burroughs Wellcome, a pharmaceutical company based in London. Pyrimethamine, as the compound was named, was originally intended to fight malaria after the microorganisms that cause the disease developed resistance to earlier therapies. The drug was used against malaria for several decades, often in combination with other compounds. It ’s mostly used now to treat toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection that can be life-threatening in people whose immune systems are suppressed, for example, by HIV/AIDS or cancer.More than 40 years later, Burroughs Wellcome merged with the...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 4, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Marcia Angell writes
By Marcia AngellIn 1953, a new drug was released by Burroughs Wellcome, a pharmaceutical company based in London. Pyrimethamine, as the compound was named, was originally intended to fight malaria after the microorganisms that cause the disease developed resistance to earlier therapies. The drug was used against malaria for several decades, often in combination with other compounds. It’s mostly used now to treat toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection that can be life-threatening in people whose immune systems are suppressed, for example, by HIV/AIDS or cancer.More than 40 years later, Burroughs Wellcome merged with the ...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 3, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
AllTrials in the USA
We ’re excited to announce that 50 patient groups, consumer organisations and medical societies have come together to launch AllTrials USA today! These groups have said:"We are calling on everyone in our sector to join us in supporting the AllTrials campaign. Hundreds of thousands of patients have taken part in clinical trials which have never reported results. For every day that passes, more information is at risk of being lost forever. We have to make every clinical trial count. Join us today."Patient activist AnnaMarie Ciccarella said: “We provided our bodies, our tissue samples, our data. I’ve hear...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 29, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
AllTrials in the USA
We’re excited to announce that 50 patient groups, consumer organisations and medical societies have come together to launch AllTrials USA today! These groups have said:"We are calling on everyone in our sector to join us in supporting the AllTrials campaign. Hundreds of thousands of patients have taken part in clinical trials which have never reported results. For every day that passes, more information is at risk of being lost forever. We have to make every clinical trial count. Join us today."Patient activist AnnaMarie Ciccarella said: “We provided our bodies, our tissue samples, our data. I’ve heard...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 28, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Richmond Pharmacology update
Here is a quick note about yesterday's hearing. Judgment is expected next week. The judge grasped the importance of trial registration and when he took into account our and the HRA's evidence on legal and ethical obligations to register trials he found that Richmond was left with an extraordinarily narrow argument. It seems the case will come down to some words in a Q&A on HRA's website that wasn't amended at the same time as the sponsors' declaration was. And then whether the ambiguity was significant.We are so pleased we decided to intervene in the case. The court could find for Richmond on this very narrow...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 20, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
