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University of Tokyo Hospital Allegedly Gave Patient Questionnaire Results on SIGN Trial to Novartis without Consent
The University of Tokyo Hospital may have provided the results of all questionnaires collected from patients enrolled in “SIGN,” a clinical trial of the chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) drug Tasigna (nilotinib), without their consent to a Japan unit of Swiss…
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