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Novartis Used Interim Report of “Sign” Trial in Tasigna Promotion, Set to Probe Its Involvement in Protocol Drafting

January 24, 2014
Novartis Pharma temporarily detailed its chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treatment Tasigna (nilotinib) using the interim research findings of a clinical trial involving the drug, in which its employees were found to have been improperly involved, the company revealed on January…

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