The next speaker after Nissen was Robert Califf, the vice chancellor for clinical research at Duke University.
Improve It is being conducted by some top researchers, including Harvard University's Eugene Braunwald and Duke University's Robert Califf .
Danny Califf's injury time own goal gave City a lifeline after what was a poor display during the 90 minutes.
It should be noted that Califf has clashed with Nissen in the past, most notably during the rosiglitazone (Avandia) controversy.
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Nissen was not present in the afternoon when the final vote was taken (he, Veltri and Califf were all nonvoting members of the panel).
But those drugs have side effects that make them difficult to take, says Robert Califf of Duke University, who is helping to run the biggest Vytorin study.
Orexigen says that it has already convened advisers for the trial including Robert Harrington and Robert Califf, both of Duke, and Steven Nissen, of the Cleveland Clinic.
But because of the intense scrutiny Zetia is facing, Califf says he will soon reveal a predicted completion date based on the event rate in the trial so far.
"I can't imagine a situation, given what we know now, other than a screening mechanism followed by some sort of trial for the net risk and benefit versus risk, " Califf said.
"I would call this a Bill Buckner type of study, " says Robert Califf, vice chairman for clinical research at Duke University who is leading a big study of Zetia and takes the drug himself.
"In terms of public health, people who have already had a cardiac event should be on a statin, " added Robert Califf, vice chancellor for clinical research and a cardiologist at Duke University Medical Center.
The study's good design "provides a basis to infer cause and effect" between poverty and bad health, said Dr. Robert Califf, a noted Duke University cardiologist who is leading a massive study on neighborhoods and health outcomes.
Two minutes into stoppage time, Michael Ball, who had been one of City's best players, clipped in a cross from the left, which Evans managed to get his head to, but so did the unfortunate Califf, who sent the ball past keeper Lasse Heinze.
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