Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3952
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Publication type: Journal Article
Holmes A, Wolfe S.
When a uniquely effective drug is teratogenic: the case of isotretinoin
New England Journal of Medicine 1989; 321:756
Abstract:
The design of a recently published postmarketing study, sponsored by Roche, on the use of isotretinoin is flawed.
Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/Hoffman LaRoche/ drug company sponsored research/ postmarketing research/PROMOTION DISGUISED: POSTMARKETING RESEARCH