Are Drug Studies Reliable or Tainted?

Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, founding partner     

A recent analysis of the outcomes of pre-market drug-trials raised some great concerns.  The Los Angeles Times (8/2, Roan) "Booster Shots" blog reported, "According to an analysis of drug trials published Monday, studies were much more likely to be positive — that is, showing the drug worked — in trials that were funded by the pharmaceutical industry." A review of 546 drug trials "found that industry-funded trials reported positive outcomes 85% of the time, compared with 50% of the time for government-funded trials and 72% of the time for trials funded by nonprofits or non-federal organizations." But, among "the nonprofit or non-federal studies, those that received industry contributions were more likely to be positive (85%), compared with those that did not have any industry support (61%)."

Im concerned that drug companies are not sufficiently testing their drugs before pushing them on the market for a profit.  The vast difference in the trial outcomes conducted by teh drug companies and the federal government suggests that the pharmaceutical industry needs to do more to protect consumers.  Safety must be put above profits.

And the non-profit and non-federal organizations involved in performing drug studies need to be careful not to take a blind eye to negative effects of drugs just because drug companies make financial contributions to the entities. 

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Mr. Zambri is a Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney and Past-President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. He has been acknowledged by Washingtonian magazine as a "Big Gun" and among the "top 1%" of all of the more than 80,000 lawyers in the Washington metropolitan area. The magazine also acknowledged him as "one of Washingtons best–most honest and effective lawyers" who specializes in medical malpractice matters, product liability claims, and serious automobile accident claims. Mr. Zambri has also been repeatedly named a "Super Lawyer" by Law and Politics magazine (2010)–a national publication that honors the top lawyers in America.

Mr. Zambri is regularly asked to present seminars to lawyers and doctors, as well as both medical and law students concerning medication errors, medical malpractice litigation, and safety improvements.

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