Fwd: Quick Vote!! and pass the word! Does A Clinical Drug Trial Database Belong On The Internet?

September 18, 2007

Parents Against TeenScreen <parents_against_teenscreen wrote: There is a push by the White House (apparently) to block one of the key FDA reform issues -- which is disclosing Clinical Drug Trials on a public database which would be available to you on the net. Vote YES now here: http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/does-a-clinical-trial-database-belong-on-the-internet/ and pass this on to all you know so it can be forwarded to

Congress. Does A Clinical Trial Database Belong On The Internet?September 18th, 2007 By Ed Silverman www.pharmalot.com As the Sept. 21 deadline for renewing PDUFA (Prescription Drug User Fee Act ) draws ever closer - and with it, the threat of layoffs of nearly 2,000 FDA employees - the behind-the-scenes squabble over creating a clinical trial database apparently remains unresolved. The White House opposes the House version of the FDA reform bill, because it claims the FDA and NIH wouldn’t be able to validate the accuracy of the trial results posted; results data is too technical, and lay summaries may have too much bias.The House bill would require a public technical trial

results database, as well a lay summary of a drug trials, on the Internet. Negotiations are under way over other issues as well ... The White House opposition, however, comes after a stretch in which various drugmakers have been accused of hiding data. The push for the House proposal follows the logic that more information is better than less. But would that be true in this case? What do you think? "Get off your ass and take your government back." ~Rocky

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