Merck Paid Elsevier to Publish Phony Peer-Review Journal
Merck is reported to have created a fake "peer-reviewed" journal to present favorable data that made its potentially fatal drugs–Fosamax and Vioxx–look good.
Rebecca Riley’s doctor now the target of a grand jury
The Patriot Ledger reports that Rebecca Riley’s psychiatrist, Dr. Kayoko Kifuji, is under criminal investigation by a grand jury.
FDA-US Justice Dept. Withdraw Amicus Brief in Colacicco v. Apotex Inc,
“Every failure-to-warn case against a drug company has been affected by Wyeth”
Senator Grassley Might Leave Finance Committee: A Break For Pharma?
The Hill , a newspaper covering congressional news, reports: "Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) is considering leaving his powerful post as senior Republican on the Finance Committee so that he can become the highest-ranking Republican on the Judiciary panel. To avoid a dramatic shake-up, Grassley is hoping to strike a deal…
Institute of Medicine Calls for Doctors to Stop Taking Gifts From Drug Makers
The Institute of Medicine has issued a “scolding,” “stinging,” and “damning” report about financial conflicts of interest in American medicine involving pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies.
Does the FDA have the authority to trump the Declaration of Helsinki?
The FDA is sliding rapidly down the slippery slope, abandoning widely accepted, international ethical research standards articulated in the internationally accepted, Declaration of Helsinki–to facilitate commercial medical experiments.
AHRP Letter to Harvard Re: Dr. Biederman’s Research
AHRP proposes a multi-disciplinary team of independent scientists to review ALL of Dr. Joseph Biederman’s publications and supporting documents, including: research protocols, consent forms, and the original (of course, anonymized) data sets with associated code books for all pediatric studies.
NEJM Study Confirms Exposure to Depakote Lowers Children’s IQ
"We’ve known this drug is a bad actor for a long time." Now it’s confirmed exposure to Depakote (valproate) in utero lowers children’s intelligence.
Culling the $$$ Evidence: National Alliance for Mental Illness
Grassley’s team has asked NAMI to disclose the specifics of its funding so that people with mental illness and their families, as well as the public and healthcare officials, can see for themselves how conflicted this advocacy group is.
Is the FDA Bipolar or Complicit in Legitimizing IIlegal Marketing?
The FDA expanded approval process for toxic drugs is unaffected by evidence uncovered by the US Justice Department showing the studies to be flawed, if not fraudulent.
Cong. Sting: Medical Research Fraud / Corruption /Forged Consents
April 14: the FDA announced that Coast IRB "has agreed to voluntarily halt some aspects of its clinical trial oversight operations due to serious concerns about the company’s ability to protect human subjects participating in clinical trials."
Placebo Beat Both Zyprexa & Eli Lilly’s Experimental Drug
The results suggest that the truth may have escaped the usual exclusion criteria. Underlying the commercial success of the new antipsychotics is evidence (usually suppressed) showing that these drugs are both harmful and ineffective even for their approved use.