Novartis employees may have violated trial protocol in Japan

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Novartis employees may have violated trial protocol in Japan

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/novartis-employees-may-violated-trial-protocol-japan-201144869--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OnQTka3p5pOsf2WF0IufCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-17T201144Z_1_CBREA0G1K3M00_RTROPTP_2_NOVARTIS-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis is seen at its headquarters in Basel" align="left" title="Logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis is seen at its headquarters in Basel" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Friday it was looking into a report that employees of is Japanese unit may have violated clinical trial protocol by handling data from a small independent study of one of its cancer drugs. Employees of Novartis Pharma K.K. (NPKK) transferred some data from research centers to a Tokyo hospital when that data should have been sent directly without first passing through Novartis hands, according to a report by Japanese broadcaster NHK that was picked up by the Wall Street Journal. &quot;NPKK is currently investigating the allegations,&quot; Novartis said in a statement. The data was from a not yet fully enrolled 55-patient trial testing the Novartis cancer drug Tasigna, the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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