Avandia, a Case of Deja Vu all over again
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine." Marcia Angell, MD
Survivor of Nazi Sterilization Experiments Says $8,000 Isn’t Enough Wed, 19 Nov 2003 Simon Rozenkier, now 75, a survivor of Nazi medical experiments has filed a lawsuit two German pharmaceutical giants, against Bayer and Schering, who supplied the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele with “experts” and the experimental drugs used to…
Who is accountable for the chemical torture of children who were subjected to medical maltreatment that borders on criminal negligence?
Failed Drug Treatments for Schizophrenia–Letters to the Editor – NYT Fri, 23 Sep 2005 Letters to the NY Times editor (below) demonstrate the combative reaction of stakeholders in the psychotropic drug industry to the evidence-based overthrow of psychiatry’s treatment recommendations. Psychiatrists who have financial contracts with psychotropic drug manfuacturers, have…
US Marshals Seize Millions of Defective Paxil & Avandamet pills_NYT Mon, 7 Mar 2005 The FDA and federal marshals yanked millions of tablets of the antidepressant, Paxil CR (Seroxat, controlled release) and the diabetes drug, Avandamet, off the market because they are defective. The Paxil pills split during manufacturing, and…
THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) New York, NY 10023 212-595-8974 July 29, 2002 Greg Koski, MD, Ph.D. Office of the Secretary Office of Public Health and Science Office of Human Research Protection The Tower Building 1101 Wooten Parkway, Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20852 RELATED PAGES OHRP Investigation of…