Portrait of a Heroine: Shouting the Pain from Japan’s Germ Attacks Sun, 24 Nov 2002 A chilling reminder from the past resonates in its immediate implications. Wang Xuan vowed to “shake Japan, China and the United States out of the great Pacific amnesia about biological warfare.” She has taken the…
Corruption in drug research – NYT Corruption in Medicine – BMJ Sat, 23 Nov 2002 Two powerful exposes focus on the corruption of academic medicine on both sides of the Atlantic. Melody Peterson’s front page investigative report in The New York Times (released simultaneously with PBS broadcast with Bill Moyers),…
Homeland Security Bill – Eli Lilly Man in Bush Cabinet Tue, 19 Nov 2002 According to a biography on Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), Eli Lilly’s Man in the President’s Cabinet, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., sits on both Homeland Security and National Security Councils. Eli Lilly happens to be the defendant…
Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children The following comments supported the smallpox vaccine trial: I believe this is a necessary and very much needed trial. What if tomorrow smallpox was to become a problem? Since children are more susecptible to it, I am…
November 08, 2002 Investigative series finds kids drugged without cause – Journal News The Journal News, a regional NYS newspaper conducted a three month investigation of residential treatment centers (RTC) for troubled children in NYS. The findings reported in a 7-part investigative series show “a pattern of increasing use” of…
Documents Show Drug Company Promotion of Unproven Drug_NYT Tue, 29 Oct 2002 Internal company documents unsealed in a federal lawsuit reveal how the unholy alliance between doctors and drug companies has corrupted medical practice and defrauded the US taxpayer. Although it is illegal for drug companies to promote a drug…
GAO Report critical of anthrax vaccine. October 23, 2002 The 1998 Defense Department anthrax vaccine policy that required military personnel to be vaccinated against their will has had serious fall out. First, far greater health related problems resulted than had been acknowledged until now, and, we learn, that policy has…
Senate Passes Pediatric Research Equity Act Tue, 29 Jul 2003 Congress and the Bush Administration both are eager to test pharmaceutical products on children who cannot refuse to be test subjects. We at AHRP are in full agreement that medications used in children be thoroughly tested for safety, effectiveness and…
THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav Tel. No: 212-595-8974 E-mail: John H. Noble, Jr., Ph.D Tel. No: 703-425-2120 PRESS RELEASE – October 21, 2002 AHRP Recommendations for the protection of children in clinical research (1) Federal regulations are predicated on our moral responsibility to protect…
(1) Federal regulations are predicated on our moral responsibility to protect children – who are not volunteers – from being subjected to medical or behavioral experiments that are not in their best interest. Thus, federal regulations – 45 CFR 46 Sub-part D – restrict the use of children in medical experiments involving greater than minimal risk, if there is no potential medical benefit for them or their condition.
Lawsuits & press info RE: SSRI addiction / suicide risk–not scientific literature Fri, 25 Oct To gain knowledge about the scope of a serious threat to public health–i.e., severe adverse drug effects of antidepressant drugs– physicians and consumers must turn to the popular and alternative press, rather than “peer reviewed”…
October 11, 2002 Editorial: Trial Lawyers and Clinical Trials_WSJ Daniel Hennenger, the editor of the Wall Street Journal would give doctors free reign to experiment on human subjects unencumbered by ethical or regulatory considerations: just let every self-proclaimed ” genius who somewhere is dreaming of the next L-dopa, lithium or…
