New Test Finds Hidden Toxicity Of Antidepressants Earlier In Development
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 13:10
in Health & Medicine
Though drugs spend years in development and hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars are spent in increasingly demanding clinical trials before approval, a lot of prescription drugs get added warning labels - or can even be withdrawn - after release to the public because of hidden toxicity that clinical trials did not find. A new toxicity test invented at the University of Utah could make it possible to uncover dangerous side effects earlier in pharmaceutical development. read more