Avandia, a Case of Deja Vu all over again
"The committee’s concerns are part of a growing chorus of complaints about the increasing use of antipsychotic medicines in children and teenagers.
"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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the increasingly dark side of conflicts of interest in academia.
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"any slipshod work involving volunteers in clinical trials sends a shudder through the field," said Dr. Gary Small, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA
There is no evidence to indicate that children have been the beneficiaries of the Pediatric Exclusivity Provision of FDAMA (enacted in 1998): there is evidence that pharmaceutical companies have increased their profits from the legislation by at least $14 billion.