Healthy Skepticism Library item: 14333
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Publication type: Journal Article
Lee K, Bacchetti P, Sim I.
Publication of Clinical Trials Supporting Successful New Drug Applications: A Literature Analysis
PloS Med. 2008 Sep 23; 5:(9):191
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050191
Abstract:
Background
The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves new drugs based on sponsor-submitted clinical trials. The publication status of these trials in the medical literature and factors associated with publication have not been evaluated. We sought to determine the proportion of trials submitted to the FDA in support of newly approved drugs that are published in biomedical journals that a typical clinician, consumer, or policy maker living in the US would reasonably search.