Dying for a Cure: Pediatric Cancer Trial Undisclosed facts – NBC, Chicago

Dying for a Cure: Pediatric Cancer Trial Undisclosed facts – NBC, Chicago Thu, 14 Nov 2002 How can parents protect their children from harmful medical experiments if the facts are withheld from them? So far, Congress has enacted no law to protect children from experiments that disregard their life-safety in…

Media interviews Dr. Meryl Nass re: anthrax vaccine and anthrax attacks

Dr. Meryl Nass, a member of the board of directors of The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), is an acknowledged expert on anthrax, biological terrorism, and is a US authority on adverse reactions due to the anthrax vaccine. Dr. Nass has been a leading opponent of U.S. military policies that continue to treat military servicemembers as a ready pool of experimental subjects, in the absence of meaningful informed consent.

Dr. Nass will be appeaing on several national and international TV and radio programs:

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July 15, 2002 Short Drug Tests, Fatal Flaws. Thomas J. Moore. Op Ed. Boston Globe. FYI “We need new laws, a national scientific program, and money to assure that every important drug intended for long-term use receives the same long-term testing as was provided for hormone replacement therapy.” An Op-ed…

Critique: U.S. to Vaccinate 500,000 Workers Against Smallpox

Dr. Meryl Nass

An estimated 500,000 first responders, lab and hospital workers will receive smallpox vaccine, the DHHS announced yesterday.

This is an interesting announcement, because to my knowledge there exist no FDA-licensed smallpox vaccines.

There are three vaccine candidates whose safety and efficacy are uncertain at this time.

The first vaccine made available was Wyeth’s Dryvax, which was pulled out of storage after approximately thirty years.

Memorandum in Opposition to California AB 2328

REASONS FOR OPPOSITION:

Researchers would not be required to first try approved treatments, if any exist, before entering the patient into a medical experiment that may be "risky."

Researchers would not be required to consult with an independent medical expert, a non-researcher who would consider the patient’s best medical interests as paramount.

Researchers would not be required to disclose their own professional and financial interests deriving from the experiment.

Researchers would not be required to fully disclose to the patient’s family what happened to other patients who had already participated in the experiment.

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Why did OHRP SHRED informed consent documents? Sat, 25 Oct 2003 China Daily’s premier medical correspondent, XIONG LEI, raises embarrassing questions that should trouble Americans, not just the bioethics and research community. She makes a plea for justice for some 200,000 Chinese farmers who were used in 12 genetic experiments…

Psychiatrist’s Undisclosed Financial Ties Prompt Reproval – NYT

Psychiatrist’s Undisclosed Financial Ties Prompt Reproval – NYT Sun, 3 Aug 2003 The New York Times reports that Dr. Charles Nemeroff, head of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory School of Medicine (Atlanta) has been rebuked by colleagues for failing to disclose his substantial financial ties to drug companies whose…