Amidst all the stink over the drug Vytorin in this country - including the barrage of two-sided full-page ads in US newspapers - Canadians are chucklingbecause they never got hooked on Vytorin like Americans did. And the story suggests that direct-to-consumer drug ads in the US (not allowed in Canada) may have a lot to do with the higher use here.
Then, from the UK comes a story that claims that cancer drug trials are being stopped too soon. An Italian research team says that the usefulness of some cancer drugs is being exaggerated because manufacturers are stopping trials the moment they find a benefit - but before all the evidence is in hand.
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