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   WHO demands disclosure of all clinical trial results    
      
   LONDON | Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:50am EDT    
      
      
   LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization called on Tuesday for the   
   release of clinical trial results for all drugs, vaccines and medical devices   
   - whatever the result - in the latest salvo against the withholding of data.    
      
   Marie-Paule Kieny, assistant director general at the United Nations health   
   agency, said failure to disclose trial results led to misinformation and could   
   result in skewed priorities for research and public health interventions.    
      
   "It creates indirect costs for public and private entities, including patients   
   themselves, who pay for sub-optimal or harmful treatments," she said.    
      
   In recent years, the pharmaceuticals industry has gone a long way to commit to   
   disclosing results for new clinical studies, but critics argue it is still not   
   doing enough to ensure doctors have access to all drug data.    
      
   The WHO also wants disclosure of older unreported clinical trials, the results   
   of which may still have an important bearing on medical practice and   
   scientific research today.    
      
   Ben Goldacre, a British doctor and author who has led a campaign urging full   
   disclosure, said the WHO statement was "powerful and welcome" but required   
   practical implementation, for example through routine audits to identify   
   completed but unreported    
   trials.    
      
      
      
   http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0N51R820150414?irpc=932    
      
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