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  • August 2008

    • Psychedelic Drug Tests Resume After Decades

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 12, 08 10:28 AM CDT

      Psychedelic Drug Tests Resume After Decades

      (Newser) - For the first time since the 1970s, scientists in several countries are studying the effects of psychedelic drugs like LSD in clinical trials, the Guardian reports. Researchers believe the long-stigmatized drugs may improve patients’ quality of life, helping them cope with the ravages of illness, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and even cluster headaches. “I think there's a perception these compounds hold untapped potential to help us understand the human mind,” says one researcher. More »

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      medical research  • clinical trials  • experimental drugs  • psychedelic drugs  • LSD

  • June 2008

    • How Congress Can Help Ted Kennedy

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 11, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      How Congress Can Help Ted Kennedy

      (Newser) - Ted Kennedy has, at best, about two years to live. A drug exists that might extend his life, but Kennedy, and legions of other cancer sufferers, won’t get it because it hasn’t been through Phase III FDA trials. But congress could yet come to the rescue; a bill recently introduced in the Senate would give the terminally ill access to unproven treatments. More »

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      drugs  • FDA  • Ted Kennedy  • brain cancer  • pharmaceutical  • clinical trials  • experimental drugs

  • January 2008

    • FDA Mandates Suicide Risk Assessment in Drug Trials

      New York Times  |  Jan 24, 08 11:42 AM CST

      FDA Mandates Suicide Risk Assessment in Drug Trials

      (Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug companies to monitor suicide warning signs in clinical trials for experimental drugs, the New York Times reports. In the wake of studies showing that antidepressants might increase the risk of self-harm in children and teens, the agency is showing an awareness that a surprising variety of drugs can have psychiatric effects. More »

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      FDA  • suicide  • antidepressant  • Merck  • clinical trials  • Eli Lilly  • experimental drugs  • anti obesity drugs  • Sanofi Aventis

    • No Right to Drugs for Dying

      Washington Post  |  Jan 15, 08 3:30 AM CST

      No Right to Drugs for Dying

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court has declined to hear what could have been a landmark case on whether terminally ill patients should be given access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The decision lets stand a lower court ruling that the terminally ill have no special right to experimental therapy. The White House had asked the court not to hear the case. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • FDA  • experimental drugs

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