Company 'held back' data on drug for children. UK: British manufacturers of antidepressant drug now banned from use in children knew in 1998 that it did not work. [Guardian Unlimited]
"It would be commercially
unacceptable to include a statement that efficacy had not been
demonstrated, as this would undermine the profile of paroxetine
[Seroxat]."...
It was only last spring,
after Glaxo submitted the full data from protocols... that the UK regulator... realised that not only
was Seroxat ineffective in children but that a bigger proportion of
those taking it in the trials thought about killing themselves than
among those on placebo. The drug was then banned.
Another shining episode in the modern pharmaceutical industry.
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