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Clinical Trials Assistant Hays Pharma – London,Greater London,UK - The purpose of the Clinical Trial Assistant is to assist the clinical research teams in ensuring the most effective and efficient conduct of clinical … See all stories on this topic

Cmed and Tessella join forces on adaptive trials Pharmafocus – Chichester,West Sussex, UK - UK contract research organisation Cmed Research has bolstered its ability to carry out adaptive clinical trials on behalf of clients via a collaboration … See all stories on this topic

Hospitals turn poor into guinea pigs Times of India – India - BANGALORE: Are the poor in India a subject for clinical trials simply because they cannot afford to buy medicines? In the absence of regulations for … See all stories on this topic

Why Antidepressants Don’t Live Up to the Hype Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone – Los Angeles, CA, USA - Researchers expect a certain number of bad reactions during clinical trials; some of these reactions can cause serious medical problems. … See all stories on this topic

Tighter norms for drug clinical trials Hindu Business Line – Chennai,India - Details of the clinical trials they conduct across the country are to be brought into public domain on a Web site. The CROs will have to register their … See all stories on this topic

Viet Nam News - Widespread clinical trials of dengue fever vaccine Viet Nam News – Hanoi,Vietnam - HCM CITY— The second phase of clinical trials for a vaccine against dengue fever is well under way in Viet Nam, Singapore, Thailand and countries in north … See all stories on this topic

HealthKnowItAll - Glaxo Says Their Cancer Vaccine Tops Gardasil In Clinical Trials HealthKnowItAll – Cotuit, MA, USA - “The fact that the immunogenicity of the two vaccines is different is an important factor for (clinical) practitioners to consider. … See all stories on this topic

One Step Closer: Novel Opioid Receptor Compound in Phase I … PR Newswire (press release) – New York, NY, USA - Clinical trials with the candidate, known as ALKS 33, began in December 2008 . Wentland said the “eureka moment” occurred with the realization that an … See all stories on this topic

10-Q: BIODEL INC MarketWatch (press release) – USA - We completed two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials of viaject(R), one in patients with Type 1 diabetes and the other in patients with Type 2 diabetes. … See all stories on this topic

Brain Cancer Clinical Trials Conducted at U.Va. Health System Lead … University of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA, USA - ”In our clinical trials, we saw 30 to 40 percent of patients with dramatic shrinkage of tumors,” said Schiff, professor of neurology, neurosurgery and … See all stories on this topic