Science Mag: FDA and NIH let clinical trial sponsors keep results secret and break the law: “CONGRESS APPROVED THE CREATION OF ClinicalTrials.gov in 1997, after allegations that patients were harmed because companies withheld evidence showing their medicines were ineffective or hazardous. A widely cited case involved the GlaxoSmithKline antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine). According to legal filings and a report in The BMJ, the firm held secret data showing that in clinical trials the drug was ineffective and caused suicidal thoughts in teenagers, yet encouraged doctors to prescribe it for young people…
…Among more than 4700 clinical trials examined by Science, less than 45% had their results reported early or on time to ClinicalTrials.gov.”
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