Back in 2001, a plan was in the works for a study comparing Erbitux combined with chemotherapy to chemo alone for front-line use.
David Graham, an FDA drug safety researcher who played a key role in the Vioxx saga, published a study comparing Avandia to its main competitor, Actos, in a quarter of a million Medicare patients.
Today the New England Journal of Medicine has published a Spanish study comparing two versions of the Mediterranean diet with a low fat diet and the result is important news if you are interested in reducing your risk of heart disease and stroke.
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Results of a study comparing the two strategies in nearly 5, 000 patients aren't expected until at least 2014.
They are also conducting a study comparing their medicine combined with chemotherapy versus a combination of Avastin, panitumumab and chemo.
Pfizer has enlisted Nissen to conduct a giant study comparing Celebrex, ibuprofen and naproxen, but results are not expected until at least 2009.
Merck decided to push forward with Arcoxia after the results of a big study comparing its cardiovascular risk with Voltaren, or diclofenac, from Novartis.
Urbanchuk did a study comparing a price hike for oil against the same price hike for corn, which in some form or another shows up in a lot of food.
Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Steven Nissen, an early critic of Zetia, says the Food and Drug Administration should have demanded Merck begin a giant study comparing Zetia with placebo immediately upon approval.
In a study comparing 22 organic farms with nearby conventional ones, birds did better on organic farms in 50 out of 68 cases, though the numbers were significant for only two species.
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a study comparing the ease of getting an appointment with a specialist in Cook County, Illinois, for children with Medicaid versus those with private insurance.
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Merck decided to push forward with Arcoxia after the results of a big study comparing its cardiovascular risk with Voltaren, or diclofenac, from Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ).
He points out that a study comparing a weak cholesterol drug to a powerful one would show no difference if only a few patients were studied, even if the powerful drug was in fact superior.
Privately held firms also account for about 54.5 percent of spending on plants and equipment, professors John Asker and Alexander Ljungqvist of NYU and Joan Farre-Mensa of Harvard estimated in a recent study comparing private- and public-company investments.
The results of a much-watched study comparing stents and drugs were revealed at a Boston Scientific meeting Sunday night.
Now the FDA has told Merck it should wait until a 20, 000-patient study comparing Cordaptive to a placebo in patients who are also taking the cholesterol drug Zocor.
In the most recent issue of the journal Circulation, researchers published a 600-patient study comparing angioplasty, open-heart surgery, and treatment with medicines.
For arthritis drugs, data is most likely to come from a Pfizer-sponsored study comparing the heart safety of Celebrex with ibuprofen and naproxen.
He is helping to head up a 10, 000-patient study comparing Vytorin and Zetia for preventing heart attacks, strokes and deaths, with results expected in 2011.
This 500-patient study is comparing Provenge to a placebo version of the treatments.
The evidence collected by Dr Dangour was for a study due to report later this year comparing fish oil supplements with placebo.
Dr. Rao is completing his own study comparing exercise and cognitive training in a different group of people.
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The announcement today is the outcome of a detailed study on the structure of the company, comparing what we need for the future with what we have today.
He says he is worried that although Merck is conducting a big 20, 000-patient study of Cordaptive, it is comparing the drug to placebo, not niacin.
In a related study, German and Swiss researchers used statistical methods to analyze the six largest trials comparing Cypher to Taxus, involving 3, 669 patients.
At the regional level, UNESCO Rabat Office supported a regional study in 2009, developing benchmarking for Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, and comparing the status in the region to internationally-recognized FOI principles.
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