More Drugs Slapped with Lawsuits_Science Misconduct Blog
USA Today reports that last year the pharmaceutical industry "faced the most product liability lawsuits of any other industry."
NYT Editorial: Safe Drug Testing in Prisons?
An editorial in today's New York Times is a follow-up to its riveting report by Ian Urbina on the recommendation by an Institute of Medicine panel to
lift 1978 federal restrictions on medical experiments on prisoners. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/us/13inmates.html?
FDA Strengthens Warnings on ADHD psychostimulant Drug Risks_NYT
The New York Times reports (below) that after months of foot dragging, the FDA has finally issued additional warnings on the labels of widely
prescribed psychostimulant drugs–Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta.
Texas Comptroller orders 5 doctors: return Medicaid psych drug money_
AHRP applauds Ms. Stayorn for taking action after gathering data–and standing up to the pharmaceutical industry driven-psychotropic drug prescribing practice that is destroying children’s brains.
Merck loses Two Vioxx liability cases in one day
The verdict is th fourth multi-million dollar loss for Merck in Vioxx litigation.
Study: Antipsychotics Not Effective for Childhood Schizophrenia
Industry’s blockbuster sellers–the atypical antipsychotics performed WORSE than their cheaper, non-patented precursors.
Scarborough Revisits Bayer Marketing AIDS-infected blood clotting substance
Recently, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough revisited a shocking investigative news report by New York Times reporters, WALT BOGDANICH AND ERIC KOLI, published May 22, 2003.
Lift Veil on Research Funding
A Boston Globe report (below) focuses on three recent reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by Harvard researchers who violated the journal’s disclosure policy by failing to disclose their financial ties to companies that had the most to gain from their purported findings.
Alleged ethical / financial breaches by UCI Psychiatrist drew scrutiny but no sanctions_LAT
"Even though clinical research is a noble and worthy activity, it’s very easy to lose your moral compass if your primary goal is the dollar amount of grant funding that you generate."
Alleged ethical / financial breaches by UCI Psychiatrist drew scrutiny but no sanctions_LAT
Steven Potkin, who, LAT reports, is a brother-in-law of Jane Pauley who wrapped up her career as TV news anchor to become a paid drug pusher.
Stanford University Drug Test on Incarcerated Juveniles 1997-1999
Stanford University researchers used 61 inmates ranging in age from 14 to 18 at a California Youth Authority (CYA) correctional center in an experiment testing the psychotropic drug, Depakote.
IOM Panel Recommends Using Prison Inmates as Guinea Pigs in Drug Trials_NYT
Tune in tonight–Monday– to Court TV: the subject is medical experimentation on prisoners–What does this say about our moral climate?