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What's driving patients' placebo effect?
Drug developers are well-versed in the potential pitfalls posed by placebos. The dread "placebo effect" has done in more than a few experimental drugs which couldn't compete against the sudden
An old drug spurs investigators to think in new ways
Animal drug studies are often just a shot in the dark. And sometimes, investigators get hit with some completely unexpected ricochets. Take the case of cyclodextrin. The Wall Street Journal notes
A pill's hue is the color of money for drugmakers
With so much of a drug company's resources going toward things like whether a drug actually works with few side effects, it might seem that choosing a color for the medication would be the least of
Study: That 'placebo effect' may have a hidden meaning
When is a placebo not a placebo? The answer to that question surprised a group of researchers who poured over the details from 150 clinical trials. In a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine,
Is placebo effect to blame for weak R&D record?
Here's an interesting twist on a big problem in the discovery field: Is the biopharma industry's recent weakness at gaining regulatory approvals for new drugs more about the inability of their
