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In his article, Topol points to data from a pivotal 2001 studyof Natrecor conducted by Colucci.
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But Colucci believes that while the Justice Department rules solve one problem, they create another.
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"No reviewer would have thought it was appropriate to even include it at that point in history, " Colucci says.
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"You have these very large machines, which are pool lifts, and children are naturally attracted to them, " Colucci said.
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Colucci says that the data were taken after five days, not 30, as Topol asserts, and that he is still not sure they are relevant.
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The chair lifts are an "attractive nuisance, " Colucci said.
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Eugene Braunwald of Harvard University, who chaired the panel, and Wilson S. Colucci of Boston University, who served on it, say they would support tightening the FDA's labeling of Natrecor to prevent injudicious use of the drug.
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