February 24, 2003 LA Times Editorial: Honest Medical Research The Los Angeles Times calls upon the NIH to use Congress’ largesse “to counter the influence of private funding on science.” It is no longer disputed that the pharmaceutical industry has undermined the integrity of the scientific literature by substituting bone…
Internal Documents: Bayer Knew of Baycol Dangers _NYT Sun, 23 Feb 2003 The New York Times reports that internal company documents show that Bayer Pharmaceuticals continued to sell the lethal anti-cholesterol drug, Baycol, despite knowledge that it caused rhabdomyolysis, which causes muscle cells to break down and their contents to…
American Eugenics: Bad Seed or Bad Science? Sat, 8 Feb 2003 The New York Times reports: “For more than a century, the Juke clan was presented as America’s most despised family.” The Jukes family was categorized by social scientists as “congenital misfits, criminals, harlots, epileptics and mental defectives.” But the…
Smallpox Researchers Seek Help from Millions of Computer Users Wed, 5 Feb 2003 The Defense Department and a group of academic institutions is announcing “a networked computer project intended to accelerate the search for a cure for smallpox.” The public is asked to share unused personal computer space with the…
Safety of Smallpox Vaccine among Military Recipients Questioned_JAMA Mon, 3 Nov 2003 The government’s hasty and ill-advised smallpox vaccination policy for US civilians was roundly rejected by scientists and the public alike. Scientists agreed that public concerns about the vaccine’s adverse effects were valid. Military personnel, however, were given no choice–500,000 were inoculated. Surely their reactions to…
Tests Are Set for Adult Drugs Children Take Tue, 21 Jan 2003 American children who cannot say no, will be exposed to the risks involved in drug tests thanks to the influence of special interest groups: the pharmaceutical industry and the physicians they fund. Whose children will be recruited as…
References for THE IMPACT OF THE FDA MODERNIZATION ACT ON THE RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN FOR RESEARCH Vera Hassner Sharav Published in ETHICAL HUMAN SCIENCES & SERVICES Summer 2003, vol. 5 pp. 83-108 Agency for Health Care Research & Quality. (1999). Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Summary, evidence Report / Technology assessment…
MassHealth: Children overwhelmed with Psychiatric Drugs_Globe Sun, 9 Mar 2003 The Boston Globe reports that the top official for health and human services in Massachusetts plans to take action to stem the abusive “haphazard” prescribing of psychiatric drugs for children: “The use of stimulants, antidepressants, and antipsychotics among children has…
Senate to Repeal Law Shielding Drug Giants – NYT, WashPost Sat, 11 Jan 2003 An agreement was reached by three Senate Republicans and Majority Leader, Sen. Bill Frist to repeal the three controversial corporate giveaways that had been ‘mysteriously’ slipped into the Homeland Security law. Despite his strong support for…
Debate Erupts Over Testing Pesticides on Humans _NYT Thu, 9 Jan 2003 “Debate Erupts Over Testing Pesticides on Humans.” [See New York Times below] Giant pesticide corporations are pressuring the Environmental Protection Agency to accept data from unethical human pesticide experiments. In these unregulated, scientifically dubious experiments pesticides were fed…
18 Deaths Linked to drug – Serzone Removed from European market, not US Fri, 17 Jan 2003 Bloomberg News reported that the antidepressant, Serzone had been linked to 25 cases of liver damage and 18 deaths. On Jan 8, 2003 European authorities removed the drug from the European market. On…
THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION Testimony by Vera Hassner Sharav Committee on the Use of Third Party Toxicity Research with Human Research Participants Science, Technology, and Law Program The National Academies of Science January 8, 2003 My name is Vera Sharav and I am the president and founder of…
