As FORBES was first to report in November, Schering has been futzing for 18 months with this comparison study, which ended up showing that these expensive pills were no better at clearing out artery gunk than a generic statin.
Data from the World Bank's most recent and hugely comprehensive International Comparison Program study breaks global individual consumption into 11 buckets--from food and clothing to health care and recreation.
By comparison, the big government study enrolled women and randomly assigned Prempro to one half, and placebo to the other half, resulting in two groups that were indistinguishable from one another.
One examined 29 patients with Crohn's disease and found that after six months, 21 were considered remitted. (There wasn't a control group for comparison.) The other was study of 54 patients with ulcerative colitis.
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In comparison to SBA's major 1995 study, some agencies have accomplished incremental, annual improvements in their estimates.
By comparison, the patients in the ENHANCE study comparing Vytorin and Zocor had arteries that were only 0.7 mm thick.
One problem: The Erbitux trial lacks a control group or a comparison to conventional chemotherapy, so the study does not show clear survival benefit.
Although there is still limited empirical evidence on the relative performance of socially responsible investing in comparison to conventional investing, one 2000 study concluded that social mutual funds perform no better or worse than conventional mutual funds.
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The study does not allow a direct comparison of men and women's stress coping mechanisms, because only men were included.
In QSR Magazine's annual Drive-Thru Study, the only comprehensive industry comparison of customer service at fast-food chains, other restaurants have consistently outperformed McDonald's in those areas.
Davies and Molloy are therefore properly cautious with their conclusions, but nonetheless note that a comparison of the beginning and endpoints for their study, which minimizes the La Nina contribution, still showed a decline in cloud height.
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By comparison, the Women's Health Initiative study, which caused sales of Wyeth 's (nyse: WYE - news - people ) Prempro hormone replacement pill to plummet 40%, is as solid as medical research can be.
The CATT (Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials) study, slated for release next week, is sponsored by the National Eye Institute, part of the federal National Institutes of Health.
To complicate matters, another study compared what happened in three states that expanded Medicaid to three comparison states that did not.
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The study aims to close this information gap and provide a framework for comparison of prevailing practices, in order to pave the way for the development of collaboration and partnership at regional level and beyond.
This study surveys the current regulatory status of the Brazilian media system in comparison with practices adopted in other ten democracies (Canada, Chile, Germany, France, Jamaica, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States) and with the recommendations provided by international laws.
The latest trial does not provide a comparison to the current "gold standard, " but "researchers are planning to study combinations of the pill and camptosar as well, " said Hoff.
You referred to a study that showed British Muslims identify more with their religion than their nationality by comparison with French Muslims.
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