On Nov. 19, after the companies offered repeated explanations for a long delay in the study, Forbes was the first to raise questions about ENHANCE.
On Nov. 19, just after Forbes reported on the delay of the study, said they would change the method being used for measuring artery plaque.
The same goes for the long delay in the study--if outside experts had been named ahead of time to make decisions about the data, there would be no debate over whether Merck and Schering did the right thing with regard to this trial.
The long delay to getting the Enhance study out is likely to raise questions about how much control drug companies should have over the conduct of their clinical trials.
There are plenty of reasons to delay approval until a big safety study emerges.
Another study it cites suggests that a delay in transportation from the South Side to a trauma center "has no impact" (PDF).
John Dingell and Bart Stupak on Friday released new documents they say raise "serious concerns" about the delay of reporting key results of a key study of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin.
Senator Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana, recently introduced a bill calling for a two-year delay of interchange fee regulation, and a one-year study in that period of the effect of the proposed limits.
Analysts largely expect that study to work out, although it has resulted in a significant FDA delay.
Tony Hannan, who ran the study, said: "We didn't expect this dramatic delay".
In a study, his group found that DHA fatty acids from fish oil could delay or deter the onset of Alzheimer's disease in rats or older mice that had been genetically altered to develop the condition.
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In 2012, passengers got where they needed to go without delay on the discount carrier more than nine times out of 10, according to a study released on Monday.
Read this case study about how poorly assessing technical risk cost one company millions of dollars and months of delay.
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There was scant disclosure of the delay until Forbes reported it last November, leading to a raft of criticism from experts about the way the study has been handled.
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