All Side-effects articles
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OpinionMay cause side effects
The dose makes the poison, but understanding unwanted drug interactions is complicated
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OpinionThe side effects of being unique
Even the largest clinical trials won’t capture all possible bad reactions to a drug – we need pharmacovigilance
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OpinionThe ins and outs of vaccine trials
Derek Lowe lays out how the trials work, and why they get paused and restarted
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OpinionVaccine development against the clock
How long will it take to develop a coronavirus vaccine and why is it so hard?
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BusinessCan existing drugs slow Covid-19?
The fastest route to treatments may be to repurpose existing drugs – if they work
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OpinionHow safe should drugs be?
What does spotting new risks in approved medicines say about how effective regulators are?
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Business
Roche rapped for side-effect reporting failure
European medicines regulator names and shames Swiss giant for not disclosing 80,000 instances of potential adverse drug reactions