Diannel -- I think you should re-post as a separate message. Otherwise your questions could get buried in this post about drug companies.


RE: Drug companies. My oncologist, who is also a researcher, says cancer will be cured inch by inch. The three month additional survival on Nexavar is another inch. I know ... it's not fast enough for those of us who have/had this disease.

Any surprises here ??

Good old human nature ?



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1884627.ece

Drug trials ‘give best results to sponsors’
Mark Henderson, Science Editor

Read the journal in full

Clinical trials that compare two similar drugs are significantly more likely to favour the one made by the company that pays for the work, according to a study that sheds new light on bias in medical research. .................