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…
Testimony by Vera Hassner Sharav before the Committee on the Use of Third Party Toxicity Research with Human Research Participants; Science, Technology, and Law Program; The National Academies of Science Committee on the Use of Third Party Toxicity Research with Human Research Participants
My name is Vera Sharav and I am the president and founder of The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP) a citizens’ watchdog organization monitoring human research to ensure that the moral principles enshrined in the Nuremberg Code and the Declaration of Helsinki are preserved and followed in experiments involving human beings.
Infomail Archive – Pre 2003 News Stories on Human Research Protection and Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav December 28, 2002: Will 2 to 5 year old Amer. kids be exposed to Smallpox Vaccine? Israeli Intelligence says “No immediate threat” December 24, 2002: Moral turpitude: Herpes experiment surpasses Tuskegee December 20,…
Moral turpitude: Herpes experiment surpasses Tuskegee. December 24, 2002. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded St. Louis University, close to $37 million to conduct an investigational herpes vaccine trial (Herpevac) on young women. The experiment demonstrates that the moral culture in which American medical researchers practice…
FDA approves anti-psychotic, clozapine, to treat suicide December 20, 2002 The first of the so-called atypical antipsychotic drugs, clozapine (Clozaril), has been approved by the FDA as a treatment against suicide in patients with schizophrenia. The drug has been hailed as a miracle for some, but deadly for others. The…
NY Times Preschool Meds December 15, 2002 How, one wonders, do the editors of The New York Times Magazine define what’s “fit to print”? Does bias toward promoting increased drug use while avoiding disclosure of conflicts of interest enter the editors’ decision-making process? Below is a letter to the editor…
Former President of Amer Heart Assoc Caught in Fraud – BMJ December 14, 2002 The British Medical Journal reports about the FDA took action against American cardiologist Dr. David Faxon, immediate past president of the American Heart Association for medical ethics violations, such as: falsification of data, false claims about…
Ethics Questioned in Lung Disease Trial–Feds Demand Patient Data – Newhouse News December 13, 2002 A news breaking story by Bruce Seeman of Newhouse News (excerpts below) reveals a major systemic breakdown in medical ethics–“there’s something rotten in the state of [biomedical research].” Complaints about a lung disease air ventilation…
Patient vs. Portfolio: ImClone_Salon December 10, 2002. Salon.com looks at how conflicts of interest impact on patients who are recruited to serve as subjects of clinical drug trials. “Patients affected by the ImClone scandal have been lost in the media’s rush to cover the tale of Martha Stewart and other…
Patient vs. Portfolio: ImClone_Salon December 9, 2002 Salon.com looks at how conflicts of interest impact on patients who are recruited to serve as subjects of clinical drug trials. “Patients affected by the ImClone scandal have been lost in the media’s rush to cover the tale of Martha Stewart and other…
THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Tel. 212-595-8974 142 West End Ave Suite 28P FAX: 212-595-9086 New York, NY 10023 www.ahrp.org December 5, 2002 Mr. Edward Swindell Acting Associate General Counsel for Ethics Office of General Counsel, Ethics Division Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave. SW…
