The following Special OpEd By Meryl Nass, MD, board member of the Alliance for Human Research Protection was published in the Bangor Daily News on March 28, 2019. The commentary focuses on one example that encapsulates the corrupt practices by the pharmaceutical . . . Continue reading →
Donald J. Trump @reallDonaldTrump twitted: “Scott Gottlieb, who has done an absolutely terrific job as Commissioner of the FDA, plans to leave government service sometime next month…. ….Scott has helped us to lower drug prices, get a record number of generic drugs . . . Continue reading →
A Canadian Federal Court decision (July 9, 2018) is a victory not only for Dr. Peter Doshi who filed a suit to gain access to pharmaceutical data, against the Attorney General of Canada; it is a victory for “open access” and affirmation . . . Continue reading →
A gangbusters investigative report by Science Magazine (July 2018) documents FDA’s disregard of substantial financial conflicts of interest by the advisory panel members that FDA selects. What’s more, the reporters uncovered a previously overlooked stream of company kickbacks to doctors on FDA advisory . . . Continue reading →
“Cochrane Announces Support of New Donor” This may be the last straw in dissolving the illusion of scientific integrity i n reviews published by the Cochrane Collaboration group. With a $1.15 million “donation” – chicken feed for the Bill and Melinda Gates . . . Continue reading →
Hillary’s “Comprehensive Agenda for Mental Health” has just been launched with NIH Funding Once again, the government is embarking on a massive exploratory venture in an effort to control the behavior of its citizens: “During the course of the next decade, scientists . . . Continue reading →
Professor Peter Gøtzsche, a leading researcher who heads the Nordic Cochrane Centre, the Scandinavian arm of the Collaboration, a center for independent researchers who analyze published medical research reports and freely disseminate their findings. It should be noted that as a doctor . . . Continue reading →
In his new book, America’s Bitter Pill (2015) Steven Brill explains why the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) won’t work. Brill’s damning indictment is based on the fact that this market driven system, with all its profiteering and run away costs in place, will . . . Continue reading →
In 2003, the Veterans Affairs ordered a 90-day national “stand down” for all human subject research activities “in response to the death of subjects”; as well as use of “unqualified researchers.” In January 2004, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) initiated . . . Continue reading →
Historically institutionalized children and prisoners have been exploited and subjected against their free will, as human guinea pigs in all manner of medical experimentation. Researchers’ regard “Criminals in our penitentiaries are fine experimental material . . . Continue reading →
UK Patients Used as Drug ‘Guinea Pigs”_Guardian Feb 9 2003 Medical fraud experts in the U.K. estimate that one per cent of all drug trials involve fraud, including failure to get proper consent from patients. An investigation by The Guardian / Observer . . . Continue reading →
Lots of babies get measles in Africa and India, and it is a significant cause of death there. A great deal of work has gone into developing measles vaccines that can be given to children at younger and younger ages, especially in . . . Continue reading →
