Psychiatrist’s Undisclosed Financial Ties Prompt Reproval – NYT

Psychiatrist’s Undisclosed Financial Ties Prompt Reproval – NYT Sun, 3 Aug 2003 The New York Times reports that Dr. Charles Nemeroff, head of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory School of Medicine (Atlanta) has been rebuked by colleagues for failing to disclose his substantial financial ties to drug companies whose…

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Why did OHRP SHRED informed consent documents? Sat, 25 Oct 2003 China Daily’s premier medical correspondent, XIONG LEI, raises embarrassing questions that should trouble Americans, not just the bioethics and research community. She makes a plea for justice for some 200,000 Chinese farmers who were used in 12 genetic experiments…

Bitter Pill for David Healy: academia under pharma influence

Bitter Pill for David Healy: academia under pharma influence May 21, 2002 One wonders how many embarrassing causes celebres are needed before academic institutions take back control of the university from the corrosive influence of the pharmaceutical/ biotech industry? In 2000, Dr. David Healy may have been surprised by the…

Harvard research in China: Open Letter to Pres. Summers

Harvard research in China: Open Letter to Pres. Summers Sat, 12 Apr 2003 On May 15, 2002, The Boston Globe reported that Lawrence Summers, the President of Harvard University, “expressed deep regret that a dozen Harvard-run genetic studies in China failed to give test subjects adequate information about potential pitfalls.”…

Dissenting Opinion – Proposed Children’s Workgroup Reinterpretation of Fed Regs 45 CFR 46 sects. 404 & 406

Dissenting Opinion (NHRPAC Children Workgroup) re: Proposed Reinterpretation of Fed. Regs Protecting Children (45 CFR 46, sections 404 and 406) May 14, 2002 To: Alan Fleischman, MD, Chair, Children’s Workgroup of NARPAC        Mary Faith Marshall, Ph.D., Chair, NARPAC From: Vera Hassner Sharav Re: Dissenting Opinion re: Report to NHRPAC, proposing…

InfoMail for May 13, 2002

  AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav May 13, 2002 Experimentationon Newborns: Is it Ethical? FYI The Wall Street Journal reported: "Oneoutrage now before a court has stunned even bioethicists who thought they’d seenit…

Sharav Presentation before US Army Medical Dept., May 6, 2002

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Presented by Vera Hassner Sharav 14th TRI-SERVICE CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SYMPOSIUM Sponsored By THE U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT And THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE May 5-7, 2002 The cornerstone of public trust in medical research is the integrity of academic institutions and…

InfoMail for April 29, 2002

  AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 29, 2002 China Daily: Harvard Project ViolatesFarmers’ Rights FYI American experiments on impoverished populations inunderdeveloped countries needs much more oversight than seems to have beenprovided. XIONG…

InfoMail for April 22, 2002

  AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 22, 2002 ScientificMisconduct Notices FYI Scientific misconduct is a big problem undermining theintegrity of the scientific literature. Data falsification leads others toerroneous conclusions that may have…

InfoMail for April 19, 2002

  AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 19, 2002 DHHS / FDA flip-flopsecond time re: " pediatric rule" FYI Tommy Thompson, Secretary of The Department of Health andHuman Services has reversed the FDA’s…

Abortion Pill Tested in clinical Trials for Severe Depression – NYT

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’…