But when researchers conducted a clinical trial using a more exacting survey about sexual issues, called the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX), they found that Cymbalta does cause increases in sexual side effects.

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For instance, Raymond Woosley , vice president of health research at the University of Arizona and a noted pharmacologist, has said that the antihistamine Chlor-Trimetron was originally approved not based on a clinical trial, but by a survey of doctors.

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Quintiles, the leading firm drug giantis use for outsourcing clinical trials and marketing, has an interesting new survey out on how executives, doctors, and patients view the value of new drugs.

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In response to the survey, the government said there were more clinical staff working in the NHS now than when it came to power in May 2010.

BBC: Unidentified nursed working on medical records