September 30, 2006 FDA Says Bayer Failed to Reveal Lethal Drug Risks–but Fails to Change Licensure or Label_NYTA front page article in The New York Times (below) reports: "Bayer A.G., theGerman pharmaceutical giant, failed Read More FDA Says Bayer Failed to Reveal Lethal Drug Risks–but Fails to Change Licensure or Label_NYT
September 30, 2006 Pediatric Cardiologist Explains: The crucial health stat you’ve never heard of_SlateAn article by pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, the author of “A Map of the Child: A Read More Pediatric Cardiologist Explains: The crucial health stat you’ve never heard of_Slate
September 27, 2006 UK Chanel 4 Investigates: The Drug Trial That Went Wrong_Critique NEJM EditorialIn this experiment, all six previously healthy young male volunteers (aged 19 to 34) nearly died after Read More UK Chanel 4 Investigates: The Drug Trial That Went Wrong_Critique NEJM Editorial
September 27, 2006 Volunteers at Risk_Editorial, NEJM Justifies Catastrophic TGN1412 ExperimentJeffrey M. Drazen, M.D. Volunteers at Risk, EDITORIALTHE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE vol 355 Sept. 7, Read More Volunteers at Risk_Editorial, NEJM Justifies Catastrophic TGN1412 Experiment
September 22, 2006 2 letters Re: Dr. Nemeroff Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest_WSJSuccess in academic psychiatry is not measured in the improvement of patients' mental health, but rather in Read More 2 letters Re: Dr. Nemeroff Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest_WSJ
September 22, 2006 IOM Report Faults FDA Drug-Safety ProcessThe report fully validates the concern expressed by critics of the agency who have watched in horror Read More IOM Report Faults FDA Drug-Safety Process
September 19, 2006 NIH A House of Ill Repute–Scientists for Sale While on Gov PayrollDuring the Reagan era, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was described by (then) Secretary of Health Read More NIH A House of Ill Repute–Scientists for Sale While on Gov Payroll
September 14, 2006 Pharma Corrupt Practices_Glaxo / Bristol-Myers_Drug-induced Deaths / HomicidesThis industry’s ethics standards have more in common with illegal business operations than with legitimate, law abiding Read More Pharma Corrupt Practices_Glaxo / Bristol-Myers_Drug-induced Deaths / Homicides
September 12, 2006 Stanford University to Ban Free Lunch but Not ConsultanciesFollowing a series of investigative reports by Paul Jacobs in The San Jose Mercury News, documenting financial Read More Stanford University to Ban Free Lunch but Not Consultancies
September 12, 2006 Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law_PLoSCritics have argued that second generation antidepressants—the SSRIs and SNRIs—are hugely over prescribed in large part due Read More Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law_PLoS
September 11, 2006 NIH Calls it “Serious Miscondcut” Yet Agency Takes No Disciplinary actions_LA TimesThe LA Times notes that "U.S. conflict-of-interest law prohibits a federal employee from representing an outside party Read More NIH Calls it “Serious Miscondcut” Yet Agency Takes No Disciplinary actions_LA Times
September 6, 2006 PBS: “Bitter Pill” Based on Bloomberg Pharma’s Shameful Secret Report Airs on Friday 9/8“Every prescription medicine you take is tested on humans before it’s approved for sale and use by Read More PBS: “Bitter Pill” Based on Bloomberg Pharma’s Shameful Secret Report Airs on Friday 9/8
September 3, 2006 Psychiatry’s Most Powerful Association Feeling the Heat_SCIENCEPsychiatry’s most powerful and influential key opinion leaders who belong to the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Read More Psychiatry’s Most Powerful Association Feeling the Heat_SCIENCE
September 1, 2006 Curing medical mistakes–Change the Culture of Care_ Robert Wachter, MDNoting how different medicine is today from the iconic Marcus Welby, MD, was practicing (on television, 1969 Read More Curing medical mistakes–Change the Culture of Care_ Robert Wachter, MD