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Novartis Pharma Collects Adverse Events of 10,000 Patients in Wake of Unreported ADRs in SIGN Trial

June 10, 2014
Novartis Pharma said on June 9 that it has collected the adverse events of about 10,000 patients associated with its drugs, in the wake of unreported adverse drug reactions (ADRs) found in a clinical trial for its chronic myeloid leukemia…

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