Hot Lines, Simultaneous Publications, And The Decline Of Medical Meetings

Back in the Dark Ages when I covered big medical conferences (like the European Society of Cardiology meeting now getting underway in London) it was necessary to attend the sessions, roam the halls, and talk to doctors. There were no late-breaking or hot line sessions and there were certainly no simultaneous publications in journals. (If memory…

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ESC Hot Lines: First Real Data On Promising Novartis Heart Failure Drug

The first real details about the much-anticipated novel new heart failure drug from Novartis will kick off this year’s Hot Line sessions at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology in Barcelona, Spain. The meeting runs from August 30 until September 3. As I have previously reported, the PARADIGM-HF trial was stopped because of a highly statistically significant reduction…

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