TY - JOUR T1 - IMproving access to fda reviews and documents AU - Tuttle DA, Sasich LD, Sukkari SR Y1 - 2009/11/25 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2009.1726 JO - JAMA SP - 2204 EP - 2205 VL - 302 IS - 20 N2 - To the Editor: The Commentary by Dr O’Connor1 highlighted the importance of using publicly available US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review documents in conducting independent assessments of the therapeutic value of new drugs. Many trials submitted to the FDA were recently found to be unpublished 5 years after new drug approvals.2 Accordingly, the information that is easily available in the published medical literature is incomplete and potentially biased. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1726 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1726 ER -