pharma-funding
2 stories tagged "pharma-funding"
Investigations
GSK Bankrolled the Study That Turned Its Shingles Vaccine Into a Dementia Headline
The academics who best isolated a shingles-vaccine effect on dementia used a natural experiment and no industry money. The study behind this month's headlines used a claims database and GlaxoSmithKline's checkbook.
Metabolic & WeightThe Prescription Vitamin D Added to Protect Failing Kidneys Made Them Decline Four Times Faster
Chasing a parathyroid-hormone target, doctors added active vitamin D to a kidney drug. The hormone dropped 35 percent, and the kidneys declined four times faster.