FDA Requests Fed Investigation Of Itself After It Lost Medical Records Wed, 16 Apr 2003 FDA Commissioner, Dr. Mark McClelan has requested an independent investigation of a bone density study conducted jointly by an FDA investigator and another affiliated with the Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine….
Critics of NIH Studies Prompt Senate Hearing – WashPost Mon, 19 Jan 2004 Accountability is a controversial concept for officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Elias Zirhouni, director of NIH, is scrambling to explain recent revelations of impropriety: First, the agency approved taxpayer money for highly questionable…
Response to Washington Post Editorial Wed, 30 Jun 2004 Today’s Washington Post editorial, Missing Drug Data, is divorced from reality. It is written by someone who clearly doesn’t understand the safety issues involved when doctors are kept ignorant of the risks of prescribing drugs that expose patients to severe adverse…
EPA Suspends Study on Kids And Pesticides Wed, 10 Nov 2004 Good News!! We are gratified to inform you that the EPA has suspended a pesticide experiment in which would have exposed 60 babies to the hazards of pesticides – rather than educating the public about the hazards pesticides pose…
Elliott Spitzer walks away from prosecuting coporate crimes Sat, 25 Dec 2004 “After nearly three years of high-profile prosecutions of investment banks, mutual funds and insurance companies, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of New York said yesterday that he is ready to cede those investigations to federal regulators.” Whatever Eliot Spitzer…
Family of Woman Killed by AIDS Drug Test Sues Doctors, Manufacturer Thu, 30 Dec 2004 The case of Joyce Anne Hafford’s death sheds light on collusion to conceal evidence of harm caused by experimental drugs. USA Today reports: “Family members said they did not learn the National Institutes of Health…
I hope you all believe in Santa Claus Wed, 15 Dec 2004 According to “a new study” PhaRma is wasting money on detailing… According to Washington & Columbia University – the docs aren’t paying attention – So how come the industry has the highest profit return – because they throw…
Prescription for Suicide? TIME MAGAZINE Fri, 6 Feb 2004 TIME magazine asks whether antidepressants are a Prescription for Suicide. Shannon Baker, whose 12 year old daughter, Kara Jaye-Anne Otter, committed suicide when she had been on the antidepressant Paxil for seven months, recalls: “I was told the worst side effects…
NIH Rule change Re: Whistle blowers – Comments due before June 15 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 Dear friends and colleagues, A request for comment about NIH proposed new research misconduct rule See Fed Register: http://ori.dhhs.gov/multimedia/acrobat/42CFRParts50and93.pdf The new rule, I believe is meant to protect research institutions from the effective sting…
Pfizer Admits Guilt in Promotion of Neurontin–Agrees to Pay $430 Million Sun, 16 May 2004 A lawsuit initiated by Dr. David Franklin, a whistleblower, has been settled: Pfizer pleaded guilty to criminal fraud in the promotion of Neurontin, and agreed to pay $430 million. This case is but an example…
Cong hearing on July 20 is postponed Sun, 18 Jul 2004 We have just received word from the attorney in charge of the hearing that had been scheduled for Tuesday, July 20th that it will not take place on July 20th: “due to a personal matter that Mr. Greenwood was…
Cash Interests Taint Drug Advice – NATURE / Death a Risk of Antipsychotics – AP Sun, 23 Oct 2005 An investigation by the journal, NATURE (the largest of its kind) reveals that not only do conflicts of interest taint the conduct and outcome of clinical trials, the authors who formulate…
