PRINTER'S NO. 23
No. 15 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, FREEMAN, GEORGE,
JAMES, JOSEPHS, LEVDANSKY, McGEEHAN, PALLONE, READSHAW,
SANTONI, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD,
JANUARY 30, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
JANUARY 30, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Congress of the United States and the Department of
2 Health and Human Services to establish and maintain a
3 comprehensive national registry for clinical drug trial
4 results and requiring that all drug trial results, both
5 positive and negative, be disclosed to the public.
6 WHEREAS, No comprehensive system tracks, organizes or
7 disseminates information about clinical drug trials or even
8 discloses whether a drug trial was conducted; and
9 WHEREAS, The current voluntary disclosure policy is
10 inconsistent and slow and has resulted in few public
11 disclosures, with only 30 drugs currently listed in an online
12 clinical study database out of thousands of drugs on the market;
13 and
14 WHEREAS, There is a heightened public concern over recent
15 negative findings and subsequent withdrawals of drugs like
16 Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
18 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
1 States and the Department of Health and Human Services to
2 establish and maintain a comprehensive clinical drug testing
3 database registry; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That the registry database include all clinical
5 drug trials and ensure that trials with negative as well as
6 positive results are publicly available by providing every
7 clinical trial with a unique identification and ensuring
8 publication or placement in the database of all results; and be
9 it further
10 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
11 the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and
12 Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
13 20201.
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