Guinea pigs or heroes?
The Star - By Dr Albert Lim Kok Hooi
Patients who participate in clinical trials benefit a lot from doing so. One of the saddest things about being an oncologist is when friends become patients, or when patients become friends. This was a friend who became a patient. He was in his early 50s when he was diagnosed to have prostate cancer last year. I treated him with radiotherapy. He was also treated with hormonal therapy, which was largely devoid of side effects. Sadly, the cancer recently metastasised (spread) to the bones.
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Drug trial potential for Bay
Bay of Plenty Times Newspaper
HUNDREDS of patients in the Bay may soon be participating in major clinical trials that have the potential to create a new multimillion-dollar industry for the region. Tauranga-based medical researcher Dr Shaun Holt, who has just set up Clinicanz, is establishing a network of 40 general practitioners and practice nurses who have access to nearly 100,000 patients. Read more here

TV3 News
Television News Website
New company hopes to offer drugs trial
to 100,000
New Zealanders
Dr Shaun Holt has launched science management organisation (SMO) Clinicanz in an effort to attract a slice of the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical trials industry. Read more here ...

Drug trials could be big business in NZ
New Zealand Herald Newspaper
New Zealanders may soon gain access to cutting edge medicines free of charge, so long as they don't mind acting as the proverbial guinea-pig. Clinical trials for new medicines can become a major industry in New Zealand, says Clinicanz founder-director Dr Shaun Holt. Read more here ...