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This article is not news for clinical researchers like myself that have performed hundreds of clinical trials in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Industry. Some of the most common reasons for that are:
A)Negative studies are difficult to get published.B)Negative results for the dug of the...
The Medicare drug system was a political ploy. This just confrims it. The private insurers were unwilling to offer Rx coverage before then because they understood the economics of it.
1.Hypertriglyceridemia causes pancreatitis 2.Most PCP, endocrinologists, and cardiologists are not effectively treating high triglycerides, and may make it worse by recommending a low fat = high carb diet 3.Accord data with 75% reduction in death, and patients desparate for wt loss will continue to...
Most hospitals are financially built on their heart programs. The "agressive" medical arm is conservative by our standards yet as good as stents at far less cost. If this was truly pursued by large companies with TPA insurance plans, their overall cost would drop with large savings in healthcare costs....
The ACCORD trial results were no suprise to our diabetes practice. We have been heavy users of Byetta since launch in 2005, and have seen the same results in our population of > 2000 diabetics with over 700 on Byetta. Since the Simpson et al study in the Canadian Journal of Medicine (CMAJ 2006;174(2):169-74)...
The recent finding that Byetta therapy decreased mortality in the ACCORD study needs to be replicated in studies designed to address that point. Even if it is replicated and statistically significant, it probably will not be true for the widely anticipated once weekly extended formulation...
Given the economic pressures on patients, they are now more likely to ask for generic medications than they were in the past. Given that there are generic versions of several classes of medications, physicians such as me are more likely to comply with a patient's request for a generic than in...