DRUG MAKERS DON'T FINISH STUDIES AFTER LICENSURE

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From Karin Schumacher...

" Drug makers have consistently failed to conduct studies of their

products after they are put on the market -- studies that were often

required by the FDA as a condition for the drugs' approval, according to

the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen.

Data that the group obtained from the FDA through the Freedom of

Information Act show that from 1990 through 1994, 88 new drugs were

approved based in part on the manufacturers' commitment to do such

studies (known as postmarketing or phase 4 studies). Just 13% of the

manufacturers of these drugs had completed the studies as of December

1999, the group found.

" This means that for at least five and as long as 10 years after drug

approval, all of the studies for 87% of these drugs had not been

completed, " says Larry Sasich, PharmD, MPH, a spokesperson for Public

Citizen, the group founded by consumer advocate Ralph Nader. "

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