Pfizer to expand clinical data access to researchers, patients

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Pfizer to expand clinical data access to researchers, patients

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-expand-clinical-data-access-researchers-patients-210855572--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0qKciUJXVYudc4wQoKVacw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-04T210855Z_1_CBRE9B31MQY00_RTROPTP_2_PFIZER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Pfizer logo is seen outside their world headquarters in New York" align="left" title="The Pfizer logo is seen outside their world headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global drugmaker Pfizer Inc will broaden access to information from its scores of clinical trials to independent researchers and to patients who take part in the studies, the company said on Wednesday. Pfizer, the largest U.S. pharmaceutical company, said it hoped the enhanced access to its data will help spur further scientific and medical research as well as encourage more patients to get involved in clinical trials. &quot;We are impressed to see how active patients are individually to manage and understand their disease, and in patient foundations a tremendous, great job is made to contribute to the advance of care,&quot; Pfizer research chief Mikael Dolsten told reporters at the company's New York headquarters. &quot;We think this is the right time to support this trend.&quot; The move comes at a time of increasing pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to be more transparent with clinical trial information - including safety data and details of failed studies - and to increase access for the scientific community.</p><br clear="all"/>

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