Pfizer issues prosecutors a manual to defend drug – Star Ledger Thu, 5 Aug 2004 In the May 14, 2004, settlement of a lawsuit initiated by a whistleblower, Pfizer pleaded guilty to criminal fraud in the promotion of Neurontin, and agreed to pay $430 million. https://ahrp.org/infomail/04/05/16.php A report in The…
Cong. Hinchey calls for ouster of FDA Counsel Sen. Bingaman & Reed tell FDA: disclose all trial info Thu, 15 Jul 2004 Wish I’d said that: “Having Daniel Troy as chief legal counsel of the FDA, is like placing John Gotti in charge of the Justice Department.” (Tom Woodward, whose…
Associated Press: More Details about FDA Warning Strattera Associated with Suicide Thu, 29 Sep 2005 On April 26, 2004, we wrote: “The Alliance for Human Research Protection is concerned that children who are prescribed the failed antidepressant, Strattera, may be exposed to undisclosed serious risks of harm. FDA’s-approved label states:…
VIOXX – Merck–MEDCO – a case study Wed, 13 Oct 2004 Vioxx: A case study in how a lethal drug is marketed and dispensed – without MINIMAL safeguards to protect people’s lives. Merck marketed and sold billions of dollars worth of Vioxx through MEDCO–the largest Medicare Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)…
Tell the Truth About Antidepressants On Drug Labels & in Medical Journals Thu, 16 Sep 2004 An April, 2004 editorial in the New York Times noted: “What seems most astonishing is the skimpy evidence that these drugs work at all in most young patients.” What is astonishing is how the…
Unlawful drug marketing: GlaxoSmithKline & 4,000 doctors Face Criminal Charges in Italy Mon, 7 Jun 2004 On March 25, 2004, the US Attorney in Pennsylvania commenced an investigation of Eli Lilly’s marketing promotion of Zyprexa (olanzapine), Prozac (fluoxetine) and Evista (raloxifene). On April 19, a class action lawsuit was filed…
Two Court Rulings Reject Pfizer-FDA Preemption Claim in Zoloft “failure to warn” cases Thu, 21 Jul 2005 In a stunning federal court order JAMES M. ROSENBAUM, US Chief District Judge in Minnesota, overturned FDA-supported pre-emption arguments in their entirety! “The FDA has no authority to declare, ipse dixit, that a…
Sen Domenici Blasts NIH doctors calling them “pigs” – The Hill Thu, 18 Mar 2004 The shameful revelations of insatiable greed among medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health has disgusted Sen. Pete Domenici, one of the strongest supporters of medical research. “I hate to say it, but the…
Ethics Policy Announced for NIH Officials – LAT Tue, 2 Mar 2004 This is a case demonstrating the power of the press ( the “fourth estate”) in its most important role providing a check on the abuse of government power. An investigative report by David Willman, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist…
TeenScreen – Angel of Mercy or Pill-Pusher for Drug Industry Thu, 14 Apr 2005 An investigative reporter has dug up the facts behind TeenScreen, the aggressive marketing scheme that targets America’s school children who are being “screened” for undetected mental problems – even though no accurate diagnostic screening tool for…
KAREN VAN LANDEGHEM: E7 – Comprehensive Children’s Mental Health Systems (GEN) – March 1, 2004 http://128.248.232.90/archives/mchb/amchp2004/e7/transcripts/session19b.htm KAREN VAN LANDEGHEM: Good afternoon. I want to thank AMCHP for inviting Illinois to be here and I, I need to say that, actually Barbara Shaw who’s the chair of the Illinois Children’s Mental…
HIV Foster Babies, Children Used to test safety of Experimental Drugs – NY Post Sun, 29 Feb 2004 As a society, we need to be concerned that too many within the medical research community seem to have abandoned the foremost principle of medical ethics: First, do no harm. The latest…
