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clinical trial

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  1. the scientific investigation of a new treatment that has shown some benefit in animal or laboratory studies, but that has not yet been proven effective in humans.


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AstraZeneca AZN -0.14%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported higher second-quarter revenue, driven by growth in oncology sales, and reiterated its 2030 revenue target after a clinical trial failure earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

This study was not completed as a clinical trial associated with an application and has not been assessed by FDA for product approval for stated indications.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

“This ad is especially misleading because there is no head-to-head clinical trial comparing the highest doses of these two medicines,” Novo Nordisk said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The substances that were under review are among those that former president Joe Biden's administration restricted from compounding, notably over a lack of human clinical trial data.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Their fifty-three patients were, in effect, a clinical trial, and an astonishingly successful one.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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