Aug 7, 2006

Drug companies accused of manipulation

'The main aim of drug companies is to sell a drug -- they don't deny that -- and our main aim is to help people,' Clarke said. 'Those two things don't always go together. "

How do we get good and fair drug trials in a system that is driven by profit and shrouded in secrecy?

Why do we rely on a system where 92% of drugs that enter human clinical trials fail? These miserable rates of failure don't even begin to address the drugs that are abandoned at earlier stages of discovery and testing.

Aussie claims drug trials are trash

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