August 2015 – Alliance for Human Research Protection

August 1, 2015

Introduction: Unethical Medical Experiments 1980–2010

“The whole discipline of biomedical ethics rises from the ashes of the Holocaust…” Arthur Caplan The Nuremberg

Introduction: Unethical Medical Experiments 1980–2010

August 1, 2015

1980: NIH Inaugurated the “Decade of the Brain”

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) inaugurated the “Decade of the Brain” and sponsored Psychiatry’s Cruel and

1980: NIH Inaugurated the “Decade of the Brain”

August 1, 2015

1981 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Bone Marrow Experiment Protocol 126

1980: U.S. documents reveal criminal human experiments conducted by Japan’s Unit 731 American journalist John Powell brought

1981 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Bone Marrow Experiment Protocol 126

August 1, 2015

1990 FDA Issued a Waiver From Consent; Covert CDC Experimental Vaccine Test on Black / Latino Babies

1990: FDA issued a waiver from informed consent for military use of experimental drugs The FDA waiver

1990 FDA Issued a Waiver From Consent; Covert CDC Experimental Vaccine Test on Black / Latino Babies

August 1, 2015

1990s Unethical Experiments at Prestigious Academic Institutions

1993 Kathryn Hamilton died 44 days after being enrolled in Protocol 681 at the Hutchinson Cancer Center in

1990s Unethical Experiments at Prestigious Academic Institutions

August 1, 2015

1997 U.S. Government Experiments Violate Ethical Research Standards

The Declaration of Helsinki defines ethical research: “In any medical study, every patient – including those of

1997 U.S. Government Experiments Violate Ethical Research Standards

August 1, 2015

1998: Doing Harm: Research on the Mentally Ill

1998: Doing Harm: Research on the Mentally Ill, a prize winning research expose by The Boston Globe In

1998: Doing Harm: Research on the Mentally Ill

August 1, 2015

1999: Harmful experiments on the most vulnerabe

1999: Experiments on the most vulnerable The research community has consistently demonstrated its disregard for individual patient-subjects’

1999: Harmful experiments on the most vulnerabe

August 1, 2015

1999-2006: EPA Human Pollutant Experiments on Elderly Diabetics

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s own scientific assessment reports (2004, 2009), Ultrafine particles (UFP) are

1999-2006: EPA Human Pollutant Experiments on Elderly Diabetics

August 1, 2015

Government Experiments Increase Risk of Death

Several major government-sponsored experiments conducted at major academic institutions highlight increasingly inappropriate clinical trial designs that disregard

Government Experiments Increase Risk of Death

August 1, 2015

2000: “The Body Hunters” Exposed; 75 Experiments Halted at Oklahoma University

2000: Office of Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) was shifted from NIH jurisdiction to the Department of

2000: “The Body Hunters” Exposed; 75 Experiments Halted at Oklahoma University

August 1, 2015

2001 Uninformed Consent; Healthy Volunteers Die

2001: National Bioethics Advisory Committee issues Report Ethical & Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants. Thereafter

2001 Uninformed Consent; Healthy Volunteers Die

August 1, 2015

2003: VA 90-day national “stand down” for all human subject research

In 2003, the Veterans Affairs ordered a 90-day national “stand down” for all human subject research activities “in

2003: VA 90-day national “stand down” for all human subject research

August 1, 2015

2004: Big Pharma’s Shameful Secrets

2004: Traci Johnson, a 19-year-old student volunteer commits suicide in Eli Lilly’s laboratory Traci Johnson, a healthy

2004: Big Pharma’s Shameful Secrets

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ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION

Introduction: Unethical Medical Experiments 1980–2010

1980: NIH Inaugurated the “Decade of the Brain”

1981 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Bone Marrow Experiment Protocol 126

1990s Unethical Experiments at Prestigious Academic Institutions

1997 U.S. Government Experiments Violate Ethical Research Standards

1998: Doing Harm: Research on the Mentally Ill

1999: Harmful experiments on the most vulnerabe

1999-2006: EPA Human Pollutant Experiments on Elderly Diabetics

2000: “The Body Hunters” Exposed; 75 Experiments Halted at Oklahoma University

2001 Uninformed Consent; Healthy Volunteers Die

2003: VA 90-day national “stand down” for all human subject research

2004: Big Pharma’s Shameful Secrets

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