AHRP Correspondence with Government Agencies related link: FDA response to AHRP procedural questions (FDA sham conflicts of interest policy) FDA re: supression of SSRI evidence ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) 142 West End Ave, Suite 28P New York, NY 10023 https://ahrp.org Tel: 212-595-8974 e-mail: October 29, 2003 To: Thomas…
UK to crack down further on antidepressants given out ‘like sweets’ Tue, 21 Oct 2003 The British government is cracking down on reckless overprescribing of antidepression drugs (SSRIs) which are depleting public healthcare budgets. The Times (UK) reports that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), the British government agency…
Prozac in Drinking Water / Prozac in Streams Hurt Frogs fish / Newborns suffer Withdrawal Tue, 10 Aug 2004 An article in the UK Observer–“Stay calm everyone, there’s Prozac in the drinking water” (below) — reports that British environmentalists are calling for an “urgent investigation into the revelations, describing the…
Is it Cloning? U.S. experiment in China – Baltimore Sun Fri, 17 Oct 2003 Concern has been raised about unauthorized US initiated human experiments conducted offshore. One such experiment is said to come “perilously close to human cloning.” The debate prompted the chief scientist of a biotech company in Singapore…
WSJ: Court Revives Suit Against Pfizer On Nigeria Study Tue, 14 Oct 2003 Follow up to earlier AHRP Infomail on this case. The Wall Street Journal reports: “The suit against Pfizer is part of a growing trend in international law to try cases against multinational corporations in developed countries for…
Debate: Ethics of Surgically Implanting Drug Device in psychiatric patients Wed, 5 Nov 2003 An AHRP Infomail (October 7, 2003) criticizing the ethics of University of Pennsylvania’s planned surgical “drug implant” experiment in psychiatric patients, prompted a debate between AHRP president, Vera Sharav, and bioethicist, Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D., University…
A growing Crisis: Aggressive Marketing of drugs for children_Lou Dobbs-CNN Fri, 3 Oct 2003 CNN’s anchor Lou Dobbs, an astute business journalist whose program Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN examines politics, the economy and a broad range of issues that affect the quality of life and standard of living of…
Walk-in Drug Trial Clinic NYC Upper East Side Wed, 17 Sep 2003 While ethics is currently a hot topic at universities, and ethics committees and conferences have become a growth industry within the research community, ethics has not affected the increasing commercialization of medicine and clinical trials. Dr. Ronald Fieve,…
10 monkeys killed in botched experiment at Johns Hopkins Sat, 6 Sep 2003 To err is human, but Johns Hopkins researchers have shown a tendency to cut corners on safety and ride roughshod with experimental subjects–human and animal. [See: https://ahrp.org/infomail/0701/19.php ] This time the victims are 10 monkeys and baboons…
Fast for Freedom: A debate (of sorts) about scientific evidence Sat, 23 Aug 2003 The Medical Director of the APA was unable to cite a single scientific study proving an underlying biochemical basis for any mental illness. An amazing exchange between Dr. James Scully and a panel of experts lays…
Gene Therapy Experiment Called “Crazy” Tue, 19 Aug 2003 The New York Times reports about yet another example of the ‘Cowboy’ approach to medical research. Doctors who founded Neurologix, a private company that is paying for New York-Presbyterian Hospital to test the safety of a radical experimental approach to treat…
Comments submitted by The Alliance for Human Research Protection Re: Best Pharmaceuticals for Children’s Act of 2002 The National Academy of Sciences Committee of the Institute of Medicine on Clinical Research Involving Children August 18, 2003 Vera Hassner Sharav, President John H. Noble, Jr., Ph.D, Treasurer David Cohen, Ph.D, Secretary…
