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NewsFDA vows better access to investigational drugs
By clarifying standards governing patient rules to "investigations" drugs, FDA leaders said the hope to help more people receive benefits from medicines that haven't yet been approved. Dr. Janet Read more...
Our drug approval system is broken
Repeat after me: our drug approval system is broken. Or, if it's working right, then I don't want to see it when it really is broken. A recent example of this malfunction, which appears in Read more...
Prominent political donor gets experimental drug without permission
A prominent political donor for the Democratic party has apparently gotten his hands on an experimental drug to fight cancer over the objections of the drugmaker. The drug, Tysabri, which is Read more...
Boy wins right to take experimental drug
While the lawsuit was not intended to change the rules regarding clinical trials generally, observers are wondering whether a recent case may indeed change them for patients who, drugmakers say, Read more...
Suit challenges biotech firm over last-chance drug
In another case challenging the limits of "compassionate use" for drugs not approved by the FDA, the mother of a gravely-ill teenager has filed a lawsuit demanding access to an experimental drug. The Read more...
| Press ReleasesAstraZeneca Announces U.S. Enrollment Opportunities for KODIAC Study to Investigate an Experimental Drug for ConstipationWILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) today announced that study centers across the U.S. are recruiting patients for a clinical study to examine whether an investigational drug Read more >> |
