Join now

Already a member? Sign in

Welcome to Inspire!

What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.

Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.

How - Joining Inspire is completely free and usually takes less than a minute. Join now!

corner corner corner

NY Times: Drug Test a Success for Amgen

Norm
  • By Norm
  • Posted July 27, 2008 at 8:46 am · 1 reply
  • In Clinical trials
  • Shared with the public
  • Edited July 27, 2008 at 8:48 am
0 Recommendations

"Amgen’s experimental bone drug, widely considered to be crucial to the company’s future, has succeeded in its most important clinical trial, sending the company’s shares up sharply.Amgen said the drug reduced the risk of both spine and hip fractures by statistically significant amounts compared with a placebo in a three-year study of 7,800 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, a disease marked by fragile bones. The positive result will allow the company to apply for regulatory approval of the drug, called denosumab. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/26amgen.html?_r=1&ref=health&ore f=slogin

Explore topics in this discussion:

Fractures Osteoporosis

1 reply

windblown

Hi Norm: Thanks for this post!!! Many of us have been awaiting the news on this clinical trial... I'll look forward to Sept ASBMR's report on it.

Thanks again,,,

Add to the discussion

Don't have an Inspire account? Join now!

Forgot password?

OsteoporosisNOF: Download NOF's new brochure Hormones and Healthy Bones @ http://bit.ly/3Yg7tq

OsteoporosisNOF: NOF's CFC information: CFC #:11043; Osteoporosis Foundation, National

OsteoporosisNOF: NOF announces the launch of their Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Visit www.nof.org.

OsteoporosisNOF: Need information on osteoporosis? Visit NOF's Web site at www.nof.org or email request@nof.org. NOF can send you free educational materials.

OsteoporosisNOF: Volunteer to start an NOF support group to help yourself and others with osteoporosis in your community. Call (800) 231-4222 to learn more.

Group leaders

You