Avandia, a Case of Deja Vu all over again
AHRP Initiatives Campaign for the Protection of Vulnerable Individuals September 13, 2002: National Disability Rights Activists Oppose Cal. AB2328 September 5, 2002: Do the Ends Justify the Means in Human Research? September 4, 2002: AHRP Replies to OHRP Response re Surrogate Consent (ARDS Study). August 28, 2002: OHRP Response…
Abortion Pill Tested in clinical Trials for Severe Depression_NYT Mon, 28 Oct 2002 The New York Times reported that Corcept Therapeutics is testing the controversial abortion pill, Mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486, brand name, Mifreprex), in clinical trials for the treatment of severe depression. The article uncritically transcribed the sponsors’…
The harm done by journals’ failure to protect the integrity of science can hardly be overstated.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has released an interim report about the near fatal clinical trial of the monoclonal antibody, TGN1412, stating:
AHRP Campaign to Protect Children from Harm Oct 15: FDA Orders Black Box Warnings on Antidepressants labels and Patient Information Guides to Warn about Suicide risk Oct 3: BBC PANORAMA TONIGHT – Taken on Trust – 13 years-Medical Deception Sep 30: GSK Sales Reps told NOT to Divulge Paxill Data…
Follow the Money / Can the Institute of Medicine Review the FDA? Wed, 6 Apr 2005 A letter to the editor published in Nature Medicine by Dr. Bernard Carroll, a past chairman of the FDA Advisory Committee for Psychotropic Drugs, and past chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Duke…