The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7423 p473
21 October 2006

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EMEA should address gender

Not enough women are included in European clinical drug trials, despite acknowledged gender differences in the effectiveness of treatments, say researchers (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006;60:911).

The researchers call on the European Medicines Agency to develop gender-specific guidelines for clinical trials.