Medical Inspection – Health Blog

Proponents point to a range of benefits to be gained from public disclosure of all clinical trial results. The most obvious advantage is the increased transparency of findings that suggest health risks or questionable efficacy of a medication. Patients and physicians would have a more powerful tool to compare different drugs for similar medical conditions. [...]

When can a well-designed clinical trial provide only minimal help in evaluating a new drug? It is when the trial’s results go unreported. Medical journals are filled with reports on the safety and effectiveness of new medications, but they represent only a portion of all the studies conducted. For the most part, published reports reflect [...]