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One measure of medical progress is new treatments. The discovery of a novel therapy takes time and money, but more important, it requires the mutual effort of groups that, while they share the common goal of improved treatment, often have fundamentally competing interests. These interests intersect at the clinical trial. Patients who are looking for more effective and safer treatment agree to take part in a clinical trial in the hope that they will benefit from such treatment or that others with similar conditions will benefit later. The company developing the new therapy shares the hope that the trial will . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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