Pfizer Settles Nigerian children Deaths– $75 Million
"The strategy of big companies when they are dealing with smaller opponents is to stretch the process, to overwhelm us until we are ready to accept whatever they want to offer."
“Doctors of Deception” Electroshock machines to Undergo safety & efficacy tests
It may come as a shock to some of you; but, Electroshock machines have never been tested for safety or efficacy.
Harvard-Partners Hospitals Curtail Industry-Doctor $$ Perks
Dr. Peter Slavin, president of Mass. General Hospital: "We don’t want our faculty being on the road as hired guns."
Conflicts for FDA committee set to weigh risks of Seroquel_Philadelphia Inquirer
FDA officials who continue to run its powerful center for drug evaluation (CDER) have once again shown bad faith by appointing financially compromised doctors to the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC) advisory panel.
Florida Antipsychotic Pre-Approval Requirement Protects PreschoolChildren
The State of Florida has established a pre-approval requirement to protect preschool children on Medicaid from being exposed to the hazardous effects of antipsychotic drugs. That step has prompted "a seismic change" in doctors’ inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics for preschool children: the number of prescriptions for this age group has…
JAMA, Your Integrity Is At Stake
"JAMA, your integrity is at stake." Chicago Tribune
Harvard Psychiatrists Primed For a Fall
The New York Times reports that Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena seeking information and all documents including transcripts of their testimony produced in litigation relating to three prominent Harvard researchers…
All Bias, All BULL–Psychiatry Deception Re: ADHD Drugs Benefits_WashPost
ADHD published reports have been carefully crafted to declare pro-drug "conclusions"–but those conclusions are belied by the actual evidence about the long-term effects of ADHD drugs on children’s health.
AHRP Hits JAMA, Seeks Inquiry_WSJ
"The Alliance for Human Research Protection, which is often critical of industry-academic ties, made the requests in a letter it sent Wednesday to the AMA and the journal, also known as JAMA."
Medical Research Fraud and Corruption_Cong. Sting_Forged Consents
Another research scam uncovered by the GAO sting involved a "bogus IRB with a pet dog as its CEO."