Clinical Trials, Corporate Transparency
Executive Summary
GlaxoSmithKline PLC settled a suit brought against it in June by New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer, who had charged the company with hiding clinical trial data about its blockbuster antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil), but the pharmaceutical industry as a whole is experiencing repercussions. Now PhRMA advocates publishing all Phase III trials for approved drugs.