Among the new law's mandates is the creation of a clinical trial registry as well as an active surveillance system — rather than the current network of anecdotal reports from doctors and companies — that would spot problems with approved drugs faster. (discovermagazine.com)
This was caused by an erroneous and incomplete search by the manufacturer for studies on the comparator therapy; no search at all was conducted in trial registries. (sciencedaily.com)
Related sites PhRMA announcement of clinical trials policy National Institutes of Health - funded clinical trials registry Statement from medical journals on clinical trials disclosure (sciencemag.org)