Investigative Techniques: News and Research on Drug Approval

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Overcoming barriers to enhance clinical trials

Clinical trials are critical to the development and approval of medical treatments, whether those are drugs, vaccines or medical devices. It is challenging to recruit certain people for clinical trials for different reasons, ...

ALS drug wins FDA approval despite questionable data

A much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig's disease won U.S. approval Thursday, a long-sought victory for patients that is likely to renew questions about the scientific rigor behind government reviews of experimental medicines.