Saturday, June 19, 2004

More on Registries for Clinical Trials of Pharmaceuticals

According to today's NYT, GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to list all clinical trials of its marketed drugs on a web site. Meanwhile, Merck has announced support for the AMA's proposal to establish a government registry for clinical trials. Are there any substantial arguments against such transparency? We can't think of any -- not, at least, for drugs that make it to market.

posted by pn at 6:39 AM  

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