It also confirms an earlier, smaller study, published as a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine last July, which tracked 2, 566 patients with opioid dependence before and after the introduction of the new OxyContin.

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In a letter responding to the editors of Pharmacoepidemiology, the study's authors reiterate that including Actos would have reduced the power of their analysis too much.

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The letter from members of Congress warning about job losses refers to a study from the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.

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And while it previously appeared the companies had pulled TV ads for Vytorin mainly because of the study, Dingell and Stupak, both Michigan Democrats, released a letter warning Merck and Schering they would have to make new, prominent claims about Vytorin's lack of efficacy over a cheaper generic drug, Zocor.

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Wednesday's 23-13 party line vote came a few weeks after psychiatrist Robert L. Spitzer, in a letter to the editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior, apologized for his 2003 study of reparative therapy, which suggested that it could help gays and lesbians become straight.

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D, the FDA official who first linked oral bisphosphonates to esophageal cancer in a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, says that the new study alone does not put the issue to rest.

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Instead, a letter has been sent to the ENHANCE study's lead investigator saying the trial would be part of the "invited presentations" program.

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