/oss/taxonomy/term/7440/all en /oss/article/history/history-clinical-trials <p>Today when a new medication is introduced, we expect it to be backed by evidence gleaned from proper research. Our gold standard is the randomized double-blind controlled trial, but surprisingly the first such trial dates back only to the 1940s. That is not to say that there were no trials before, but they certainly did not provide the kind of evidence that we now seek. In fact, the first semblance of a clinical trial takes us all the way back to the Book of Daniel in the Bible.</p> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:05:31 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9872 at /oss