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World Service,04 Sep 2003,22 mins

Drug Development - Part 2

Health Matters

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A look at why children and older people are often excluded from drug trials. Because they are rarely used in trials guesswork is sometimes needed to know what dosage to give younger and older people. Children are not mini adults, they will often absorb a drug completely differently, as the programme finds out.

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