Krumholz Harlan M, Ross Joseph S, Presler Amos H, Egilman David S
Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208088, New Haven, CT 06520-8088, USA.
BMJ. 2007 Jan 20;334(7585):120-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.487720.68.
In October UK patients who had cardiovascular events while taking rofecoxib lost the right to fight Merck in the US for compensation. But researchers and journals can still benefit from this case if they learn from the mistakes, write
10月,那些在服用罗非昔布时发生心血管事件的英国患者失去了在美国起诉默克公司要求赔偿的权利。但如果研究人员和期刊能从这个案例中吸取教训,仍可从中受益。