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According to the lead author, Dr. Paul Ridker of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, the pharmaceutical company had no input in the study's design and didn't see the final data analysis until the study was submitted for publication.
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In both the design of that study and in its recommendations, the panel seemed to at least partially back up the concerns of two doctors who drew the spotlight to Natrecor.
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Overall responsibility for the design and implementation of the study was given to the National Institute of Child Health and Development, with input from a number of advisory and oversight committees, the Director of the NIH, and with the involvement of other government agencies (the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Environmental Protection Agency).
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