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2 The Need for Clinical Trial Registries
Pages 5-8

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... report results of the trials. This information has many audiences: patients, health care providers, researchers, medical journal editors, pharmaceutical companies, health insurers, and regulators.
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... · Health care professionals need both unbiased summary infor mation derived from all trials conducted on a drug or therapy, and the capacity to look at the clinical data from any single study. They do not want to confine their review to the approved drug labeling or articles published in medical journals.
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... In striking a balance among these competing interests regarding the scope of clinical trial registries, an overriding goal is to sustain public trust in the integrity of clinical research and in the process for translating research into new drugs and biologics.


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