This is for TI press releases and information which it wishes to publish.

All Trials Registered & All Results Reported

 

It’s time all clinical trial results are reported. Patients, researchers, pharmacists, doctors and regulators everywhere will benefit from publication of clinical trial results. Wherever you are in the world please sign the petition:

Thousands of clinical trials have not reported their results; some have not even been registered.

Information on what was done and what was found in these trials could be lost forever to doctors and researchers, leading to bad treatment decisions, missed opportunities for good medicine, and trials being repeated.

Vancouver Sun: Health researchers could be deemed villains or victims

8 May 2013
CRAIG McINNES <cmcinnes@vancouversun.com>

Two narratives have emerged from the shroud of secrecy surrounding the firing of Ministry of Health officials last year over allegations of breaches of privacy. The first has dripped out from the government, in leaks to reporters, in press releases, in ominous statements from Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid, and lately through filings in court.

Vancouver Sun: Dix warns of big pharma’s influence

8 May 2013T
LORI CULBERT

NDP leader would reinstate funding for B. C. drug testing

 

Doctors often not informed of drugs’ harmful effects during sales visits: study

Sheryl Ubelacker,

The Canadian Press April 10, 2013 9:27 am

 

Vancouver Sun: Big Pharma big secrets

Warning: These pills may contain side effects that even you doctor doesn't know about

By Randy Shore and Tiffany Crawford
Vancouver Sun; With Files From Postmedia News
April 11, 2013
 
"Many family doctors are not being warned about the dangerous side effects of new drugs before they start prescribing them to patients, according to new research from the University of B.C.
 

<

Vancouver Sun: Canada needs to cure drug spending

We spend more per capita on pharmaceuticals than most countries, yet many Canadians cannot afford medicine

Vancouver Sun April 4, 2013

Globe & Mail: Cholesterol drugs may increase risk of kidney problems, study finds

 

PAUL TAYLOR

The Globe and Mail

Published Tuesday, Mar. 19 2013, 6:30 PM EDT

 

Patients taking powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs may be putting their kidneys at risk, according to the results of a landmark Canadian study.

Syndiquer le contenu