Drug company 'suppressed' publication of research

Article Abstract:

Boots Company PLC, UK, prevented the publication of an article on a comparative study of Synthroid and three alternative drugs, fearing damage to the multi-million dollar sales of its thyroid drug. Boots asked researcher Betty Dong to withdraw the paper scheduled to appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dong and her co-workers at the University of California at San Francisco, (UCSF) found that all the drugs were absorbed into the blood in the same way. UCSF initially supported Dong but later withdrew its support due to her agreement with Boots.

Publishing industry, Research, Boots Company PLC, University of California (San Francisco), Dong, Betty

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Fear of BSE risks could hit US blood banks

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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisors are considering whether people who have spent time in Britain since 1980 should be prevented from donating blood, in an attempt to reduce the theoretical risk of introducing new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) into the US. However there are already problems obtaining sufficient blood supplies and making exclusion would reduce the blood supply by 10.7% according to an American Red Cross official.

Blood collection and preservation, Safety and security measures

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Fear of bias puts spotlight on drug approval

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Issues are presented concerning the criticism which is being directed at the drug approval strategies of the Food and Drug Administration. An investigation into the influence of conflicts of interest in the approval process is discussed.

Evaluation, Licensing agreements, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Drug evaluation

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