WHO joins drive to make all clinical trial data publicly available The World Health Organization has issued an official statement to encourage pharmaceutical companies to publicly disclose clinical trial results.…
Evolocumab shows promising results in familial hypercholesterolaemiaEvolocumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody to PCSK9, reduced LDL cholesterol when added to background lipid-lowering therapy in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia.…
Novel heart failure therapy shows “overwhelming benefit”, trial shows A novel treatment for heart failure could save the lives of 20% more patients than the current gold-standard therapy.…
Latest trials do not support link between bisphosphonate use and reduced breast cancer risk Randomised controlled trials fail to confirm association between osteoporosis treatments and decreased breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.…
Simvastatin has no therapeutic benefit in COPD, researchers concludeSimvastatin does not prevent exacerbations in people with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…