More on distortions in medical science.
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"Heart drugs prescribed for abnormal heart rhythm introduced
in the late Seventies were estimated to kill more Americans
each year by 1990 than the Vietnam War. Yet early evidence
which suggested the drugs were lethal, and might have saved
thousands, went unpublished."
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In cancer, heart disease, mental health and related fields
the industry has sponsored trials of new drugs which have
held out great promise for patients. But when the same drugs
have been tested in independent trials paid for by non-
profit organisations - governments, medical institutions or
charities - they have yielded different results.
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In the latest case, researchers commissioned by the National
Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) to develop
guidelines for prescribing antidepressant drugs to children,
say they were refused access to unpublished trials held by
the pharmaceutical companies.
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