Government Agency Caves in to Johns Hopkins pressure July 21, 2001 In its July 19 letter to Johns Hopkins, the Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP) outlined serious violations beyond those in the experiment that killed a healthy volunteer. Those violations raised concerns about the safety of ALL human subjects…
OHRP suspends Johns Hopkins Research license for Fed funded research July 19, 2001 The death of Ellen Roche, a healthy young woman before she was killed in a fatal hexamethonium inhalation experiment at Johns Hopkins University, has opened Pandora’s box, demonstrating that the safety of human research subjects has had…
Johns Hopkins Admits Fault in Fatal Experiment July 17, 2001 The experiment that killed Ellen Roche, a healthy 24 year old volunteer–who was clearly not informed about the risks she was incurring by breathing hexamethonium–demonstrates that there are no protections that ordinary people can rely on, when they become research…
June 11, 2001 “Monster Experiment” taught orphans to stutter The results of a covered up, 1939 children’s experiment demonstrates why AHRP calls for greater caution and mandatory safeguards in research involving children–even non-invasive research studies may cause children harm for life. The San Jose Mercury News (below) found evidence and…
AHRP recognizes that to include children in clinical trials for any medication presents a dilemma of truly Solomonic proportions. It is a choice between continuing the practice of prescribing untested drugs for children, as is currently the operational system, or conducting meaningful trials to determine both safety and effectiveness.
Feb-March, 2001. Boston Globe series by Alice Dembner documents harm to children in clinical trials DANGEROUS DOSAGE Published on February 18, 2001. Author(s): Alice Dembner, Globe Staff TESTING CHILDREN’S DRUGS Published on March 18, 2001. TEDDY BEARS AND VEILED THREATS Published on March 20, 2001. Author(s): Alice Dembner, Globe Staff…
Seattle Times Series on Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 2001 Seattle Times Series, UNINFORMED CONSENT An in-depth, documented, 5-part investigative series, in The Seattle Times, beginning Sunday, March 11, 2001, turned the spotlight on cancer research at the world renowned Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle — with supporting documents available…
Washington Post_Harvesting China’s Blood_installment 4 December 20, 2000. Washington Post. In what is, so far, the most devastating installment in the Washington Post series about the unholly alliances that comprise the booming human research industry, America’s premier academic research center is shown–not only to have violated ethical research standards in…
Medicine: Once a wary watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration set out to become a "partner" of the pharmaceutical industry. Today, the public has more remedies, but some are proving lethal.
Harvard-affiliated gene studies in China face federal inquiry – Boston Globe. August 1, 2000. Harvard-affiliated gene studies in China face federal inquiry, by Deborah Nelson. Genetic research in China is booming. The biotech industry, in collaboration with scientists from America’s elite research centers & the U.S. government, is looking at…
Is it ethical to expose healthy children to risks of drug- induced pathology on a speculative, unproven theory?
July 14, 2000. New FDA Warning about fatal risk linked to Melaril after 40 years! FYI For 40 years schizophrenia patients have been prescribed Mellaril, a drug that the FDA finally acknowledges causes sudden death due to cardiac arrest! Why did it take the FDA 40 years before it sent…
