And it would be a mistake to place too much faith in these new studies.
Two new studies of Vioxx are being widely interpreted as a disaster for Merck.
If the new studies' findings are correct, much of that money has been wasted.
Again, new studies could increase the patient base and the drug's sales after 2011.
But experts not involved in the research agree that the new studies are well done and rigorous.
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In the months since my column posted, new studies have amplified concerns about gender diversity in science.
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As new studies continue to showcase vitamin D's potential benefits, more scientists are calling for increased recommendations.
But the new studies testing vertebroplasty's efficacy took years to perform because doctors were reluctant to enroll patients.
Choosing a daily vitamin regimen is especially daunting in light of two new studies out this week.
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Just in the last few months, several new studies have been published highlighting other possible benefits of coffee.
To know for sure, existing studies might need to be reanalyzed, and new studies might need to be conducted.
The new studies were the initial human trials of the two PD-1 agents.
The Medicines Company said it was going to start new studies in 2009, but they are not listed on clinicaltrials.gov.
The new studies, published in the New England Journal of Medicine today, tested vertebroplasty in a far more rigorous way.
Two new studies confirm something that most parents already know: Children are often surrounded by junk food advertising and fast-food restaurants.
In the ever-complicating discussion of how developmental disorders like autism develop, new studies continue to throw new variables into the mix.
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Merck denies there's any such problem for either Vioxx or follow-up Arcoxia, and plans to conduct new studies to prove it.
She had no role in the new studies, which were discussed Sunday at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago.
Claire Bombardier, the University of Toronto researcher who had conducted Merck's big ulcer study, criticized the new studies for not being placebo-controlled.
Unlike many previous gene-disease studies that yielded spurious results, the new studies involve thousands of patients and are likely to hold up.
New studies of the way the drug works in the body showed that Asians may respond just as well to lower doses.
Amgen says it has new studies showing Aranesp works with monthly dosing and doesn't know what advantage the Roche product would bring.
The most telling comment on the two new studies comes from Walter Willett, a nutritionist at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Then, in 1997, new studies showed that buproprion could help smokers quit.
Ultimately, the new studies offer some surprises, and some confirmations of the coalescing picture scientists have about this early stage of the solar system's history.
It is clear if the FDA is asking manufacturers to do new studies on these drugs, it does not 100% trust its effectiveness and safety.
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The new studies, being published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, provide a detailedlook at the extent of off-label use and associated risks and benefits.
While these new studies are discouraging, I believe that Big Pharma is trying to address both gender bias and lack of balance in the executive suite.
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For Cozaar, which is growing thanks to new studies that offer proof that the pill can extend the lives of heart patients, the news is good.
New studies show that a specific type of fungus native to East Africa can infect mosquitoes and reduce their lifespan by two-thirds - to just seven days.
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