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TGN1412 was the drug given to six men in London hospital. It was used as a clinical trial to treat leukemia and Arthritis. However, four of the men reacted to the drug and suffered multiple organ failure.

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Stakeholders in clinical trials?

Clinical trials are experiments to find out how effective a drug is, and if there are any side effects. The stakeholders in clinical trials are the patients, doctors, drug companies, drug manufacturers, and pharmacists.


What agency conducts trials and approves new drugs?

U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires drug trials and approve or disapprove new drugs based on these trials, but they do not conduct the trials. The trials are conducted by the organization who sponsors the drug (wants it approved). This can be a pharmaceutical company or a government agency.


What has the author Tom Brody written?

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Why do you need drug trials?

Drug trials help evaluate the safety of a drug compound in human population and its pharmacological efficacy. Drug trials also help companies identify how well the drug works for a given disease and what side effects to expect. The data extrapolated from the study is used to get FDA approval to market the drug and is used by doctors and pharmacists for medical treatments.


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What are phase 2 b clinical trials?

Phase IIB is specifically designed to study efficacy (how well the drug works at the prescribed dose(s)). Drug efficacy was usually studied in Phase III trials but the pressure to cut costs during the clinical trials process has increased the use of Phase IIB trials that can already give clues as to how effective the drug will be at treating a certain condition.


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How does a pharmaceutical company invest in research and experimental studies?

These organizations are completely involved in drug manufacturing processes along with the drug’s clinical trials and phases, drug launch in the market, and its commercialization. Pharmaceutical invests in the research and experimental studies for the drug innovation and once the designing of the drug is finalized, they are often outsourced to the contract manufacturing organizations to manufacture the drug and undergo clinical trials and finally commercialize the drug.


Why are animals used in drug trials?

Primarily due to the fact that test animals allow for drug trials without endangering the lives of human beings. The practice, while highly debatable in ethics, gives the manufacture an idea of what positive and negative effects may occur if human trials were done.


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