FOIA: OHRP Investigation – Brigham and Woment’s Hospital
FOIA: OHRP Investigation – Brigham and Women’s Hospital Letter page one: Letter page 2: Letter page 3:
Randomized Controlled Trials: Evidence Biased Psychiatry
Randomized Controlled Trials: Evidence Biased Psychiatry By David Healy, MD MRCPsych Introduction A new drug gets introduced to the market. It has been approved after stringent scrutiny by the FDA, which requires ever more convincing evidence that it works and that its safe. The new treatment will always cost more…
Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children, Nelson & Offit, U of Penn
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Robert M. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D. 34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard, Rm. 1513 Chair, Committees for the Protection of Human Subjects Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4399 Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics (215) 590-9180 Office (267) 426-5035 Fax November 25,…
What to do about the ADHD epidemic – William B. Carey, M.D.
What to do about the ADHD epidemic William B. Carey, M.D. American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Newsletter, Autumn 2003, Pages 6-7 In the last two decades the United States has experienced a great increase in the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and…
InfoMail for February 18b, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav February 18b, 2002 FYI New Research Finding Threatens SleepingPill Sales The Washington Post reports that an NIH funded study,conducted by Daniel Kripke, a professor of psychiatry at…
Suffer the Little Children in the Research for Cures_USA Today
Suffer the Little Children in the Research for Cures_USA Today Thu, 29 May 2003 USA Today focuses on safety issues affecting children who are being sought as human guinea pigs by the thousands. They are being recruited clinical trials to test new drugs– whose safety is unproven. “Was the death…
AstraZeneca Pleads Guilty in Criminal Cancer Medicine Scheme
AstraZeneca Pleads Guilty in Criminal Cancer Medicine Scheme Sun, 22 Jun 2003 AstraZeneca agreed to a $355 million settlement in civil and criminal charges. Government prosecutors found that AstraZeneca reported to the government that the average wholesale price for a monthly dose of the prostate cancer drug, Zoladex, was about…
Wyeth Pharma Warns Doctors Against Rx Effexor to Kids
Wyeth Pharma Warns Doctors Against Rx Effexor to Kids Tue, 2 Sep 2003 View Wyeth Warning Letter The Hartford Courant reports that the latest warning against prescribing an antidepressant drug for children comes from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, makers of Effexor, a drug just like Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil–a class known as…
Senator Jeff Bingaman resolution: Review military vaccine program
Senator Jeff Bingaman resolution: Review military vaccine program Thu, 4 Dec 2003 After months of denial, on Nov. 19, the Pentagon acknowledged that multiple vaccines may have caused the death of Army nurse Rachael Lacy, who died in April after receiving shots for anthrax, smallpox and three other diseases. Critics…
Drugging Our Kids – New American
Drugging Our Kids – New American Mon, 25 Aug 2003 A powerful article in the current New American holds a mirror to the irresponsible medical involvement of school officials and what has become common practice of forcing children to swallow psychotropic drugs. “Despite the dangers posed by drugs such as…
Congressional Investigation of NIH: Cash Gifts From Grantees
Congressional Investigation of NIH: Cash Gifts From Grantees Tue, 8 Jul 2003 The Scientist reports that a Congressional committee is investigating the for “possible violations of federal criminal and ethics laws” involving Richard Klausner (former director of the National Cancer Institute) and other officials who accepted “lecture awards” and other…
Pediatric Drug Tests – CNN / NYT Editorial
October 18, 2002. Pediatric Drug Tests_CNN / NYT Editorial Children are increasingly being exploited for profit by the biomedical industry. Between 1983 and 1997, children had been protected from medical experiments that are not in their best interest. But in 1997 Congress passed the FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA), providing a…