Saturday, April 28, 2012

Drug Trials Neglect Children: New Study

Drug Trials Neglect Children: New Study - International Business Times:

 "Drug trials tend to ignore child patients who account for a larger proportion of overall disease burden and instead focus on adults, according to new research presented Saturday.

A survey of nearly 2,500 drug trials found that while children represented nearly 60 percent of the disease burden for the conditions being treated, only 12 percent of the surveyed clinical trials focused on pediatric patients."

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