Hair drug tests: A mother’s anguish over losing her girls

An unknown number of parents lost their children based, in part, on the Sick Kids’ hair drug tests now under review. Christine Rupert is one of them.

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Pharma Company Studying Oxycontin's Effect On Children

Pharma Company Studying Oxycontin's Effect On Children

The maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin confirms that a clinical trial is currently under way to measure the opioid's effects on children.

Drug Trials Neglect Children: New Study

Drug Trials Neglect Children: New Study

Drug trials tend to ignore child patients who account for a larger proportion of overall disease burden and instead focus on adults, according to new research presented Saturday.

Drug trial scrapped amid outcry

FORMER Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry has aborted a controversial trial of antipsychotic drugs on children as young as 15 who are "at risk" of psychosis, amid complaints the study was unethical.

Drug trial scrapped amid outcry

FDA Panel Discusses Ethics of Pediatric Drug Trials

A panel of pediatricians and pediatric ethicists met Wednesday to discuss the ethically complicated issue of testing new drugs in children.

FDA Panel Discusses Ethics of Pediatric Drug Trials

Babies given anti-obesity drugs in the womb

Babies given anti-obesity drugs in the womb

Babies to be given diet drug in the womb to stop them being born overweight in trial described as ‘disturbing’ by weight loss groups.

Overweight Pregnant Women Being Given Trial Drug to Prevent Obese Babies

National Health Service in England is conducting a controversial new trial in which overweight pregnant women are being given a drug that aims to reduce the risk of childhood obesity in their unborn babies.

Overweight Pregnant Women Being Given Trial Drug to Prevent Obese Babies

ADHD Drug Has Mixed Results in Young Kids

Young children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had mixed results when treated with the nonstimulant drug atomoxetine (Strattera), according to outcomes from a randomized clinical trial.

ADHD Drug Has Mixed Results in Young Kids

WikiLeaks and a Failed Secrecy Bid Push Pfizer to Settle Fatal Drug Test Case

Pfizer (PFE)’s settlement of the Trovan case — in which it was accused of unethically testing a meningitis drug on African children in 1996 without their consent — appears to have been triggered, in part, by WikiLeaks and Pfizer’s failed attempt to keep secret allegations it bribed Nigerian officials. Eleven children died in the experiment. The settlement, for an undisclosed sum, came after three linked events:

WikiLeaks and a Failed Secrecy Bid Push Pfizer to Settle Fatal Drug Test Case

Pfizer Settles Lawsuits Over Drug Trials on Children in Nigeria

Nearly 15 years after its controversial drug trial on 200 children with meningitis in Nigeria, Pfizer Inc. and all plaintiffs in the cases related to the trial announced today that they have reached a global settlement.

Pfizer Settles Lawsuits Over Drug Trials on Children in Nigeria

Pfizer ends trial after widespread overdosing of children with psych drug

Drug giant Pfizer has canceled a scheduled clinical trial of its antipsychotic drug Geodon after the FDA accused it of subjecting child participants in a prior study to "widespread overdosing."

Pfizer ends trial after widespread overdosing of children with psych drug

Children in study hold the key to effective malaria drugs

Children in study hold the key to effective malaria drugs

Some 740 children from Nyando and Siaya districts may tell the country whether the Kenya government recommended malaria drug is still effective.

Clinical Trials on Children

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http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=children

Lab rats? Drugs for US children tried on Indians

A law intended to speed up development of new drugs for US kids has ended up financing clinical trials in poor countries, where the medicines might never become available.

Lab rats? Drugs for US children tried on Indians

EEG test can help get patient on right meds

McMaster psychiatrists and engineers have worked together to find a faster way to get the right drug to the right patient.

EEG test can help get patient on right meds

When A Drugmaker Funds A Study, The Results Look Rosier

When A Drugmaker Funds A Study, The Results Look Rosier

When it comes to the influence that drugmakers can exert on clinical research, it's hard to surprise us anymore.

Ana Cantu was a Human Guinea Pig in a Drug Trial for $4,800

Ana Cantu was a Human Guinea Pig in a Drug Trial for $4,800

"The study started out with 20 subjects...For about a week there were 14 subjects. Then they started dropping...Now, we're down to 7."

UPDATE:Pfizer Ends Pediatric Bipolar-Drug Trial Before It Starts

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Pfizer Inc. (PFE) has decided not to proceed with a late-stage clinical trial of its antipsychotic drug Geodon in children with bipolar disorder, a controversial area for the drug.

UPDATE:Pfizer Ends Pediatric Bipolar-Drug Trial Before It Starts

Grassley Probes Nemeroff And University Of Miami

The Charles Nemeroff affair encompasses more people all the time. Now, the University of Miami Medical School has become ensnared in the ongoing probe launched by US Senator Chuck Grassley, who investigated Nemeroff as part of an inquiry into undisclosed financial conflicts of interest among academic researchers who receive federal grants.

Grassley Probes Nemeroff And University Of Miami

New Drug Not Effective In Preventing Stroke In Anemic Children

Hydroxyurea, a new drug, does not seem to be effective in reducing the risk of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia and iron overload.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), US, said it was giving up a major trial as there was no evidence that the drug could be any better than the existing treatment.

New Drug Not Effective In Preventing Stroke In Anemic Children