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HRT pills linked to increase in clots and strokes

March 10, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cochrane, HRT, boardman, hormone replacement therapy

HRT tablets do not offer heart benefits and slightly increase the risk of strokes and blood clots in some women. …

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FDA gives new safety warning on Pfizer’s Champix

March 10, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Champix, Cochrane, FDA, MHRA, Pfizer, varenicline

The FDA has warned that Pfizer’s stop smoking drug Champix is linked with seizures, aggressive behaviour and blackouts. In its …

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Tamiflu stockpiling ‘unjustifiable’ and wasted £424m

April 10, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Cochrane, Tamiflu, alltrials

Governments around the world may have squandered hundreds of millions of pounds on stockpiling Tamiflu, according to a review by …

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MPs ‘surprised and concerned’ over data transparency

January 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cochrane, Godlee, Goldacre, Roche, Tamiflu, transparency

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Ben Goldacre versus Stephen Whitehead – PharmaTimes Debate

February 27, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, BMJ, Bad pharma, Cochrane, Goldacre, Whitehead

In the end, the ‘head to head’ between the UK’s most high profile critic of the pharma industry and ABPI …

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Roche to release Tamiflu data

November 23, 2012
Sales and Marketing BMJ, Cochrane, Goldacre, NHS, Roche, Tamiflu

Roche has said it will let researchers have access to more data on its influenza vaccine Tamiflu, apparently under pressure …

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New data shows Herceptin’s ability to increase survival

April 24, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cochrane, Herceptin, Roche, breast

A new review of Roche’s breast cancer drug Herceptin has confirmed its ability to increase overall survival, but concerns remain …

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Call for open access to all clinical trial data

October 6, 2011
Research and Development Cochrane, clinical trials, clinical trials analysis

There should be free access to all clinical trials in order to end selective reporting, according to a leading not-for-profit …

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Caution raised on statins in healthy people

January 20, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cochrane, Crestor, Lipitor, statin, statin prescribing

Researchers have warned of a lack of evidence to support prescribing statins in patients at low risk of developing heart …

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Online multidisciplinary library goes live

August 12, 2010
Medical Communications Cochrane, Wiley, Wiley-Blackwell, evidence-based medicine

A new online resource offering access to one of the world’s most extensive multidisciplinary collections of resources for health, physical …

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