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Angiotech Pharmaceuticals corporate partner Boston Scientific Corporation recognized as leader in development of rigorous clinical trials.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 19-OCT-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Importance of evidence-based medicine highlighted at TCT 2005

VANCOUVER, BC and WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. corporate partner, Boston Scientific ("BSC"), today announced that it was recognized by physicians as a leader in the pursuit of evidence-based medicine through increased use of randomized controlled clinical trials. The comments were made during the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics symposium, in Washington, D.C. The clinical program supporting the BSC's TAXUS(R) Express(2)(TM) paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system was cited as the type of definitive medical evidence that physicians should use in making treatment decisions.

The importance of evidence-based medicine was highlighted at a scientific symposium, which included a presentation titled "Evidence-Based Medicine and Best Practices with Drug-Eluting Stents" and addressed the quality of randomized controlled clinical trials and illustrated how designs with varying quality can yield significantly different results. Specific trial features...

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