Unless Congress acts to overrule the FDA, research disasters such as occurred in London, when six healthy men were exposed to an experimental substance that brought them close to death, are likely to occur with increased frequency.
A series of news reports may be a rude awakening to the fact that there are hidden, potentially lethal hazards of participating in clinical trials—and those hazards are concealed from the human guinea pigs who are enticed with promise of easy money.
The Phase I trial–the first in humans–was set up by US drug research company Parexel International Corp on behalf of German pharmaceutical company TeGenero.
AHRP Testimonies and Presentations Sep 8, 2005: AHRP Testimony: NYS Hearing –AIDS Drug /Vaccine Experiments on Foster Children July 18, 2005: Cheaper than Chimpanzees Statement by Vera Hassner Sharav before the Committee on Ethical Consideration for Revisions to DHHS Regulations on Protection of Prisoners Involved in Research July 2-Â 8, 2005:…
Dying to be Famous? Shooting Fuels Debate Over Safety of Prozac for Teens Sun, 27 Mar 2005 An Op Ed in The New York Times by Lionel Shriver (from London), dismisses the notion promulgated by the mental health industry–which is under the influence of drug companies–that “early signs” in troubled…
Ripping Off the Rights of Children Thu, 17 Apr 2003 “Parents are frustrated that corrupt politics are playing such a large role in their children’s fate. Many believe Sen. Frist has large financial ties to pharmaceutical companies and doesn’t care at all about the future of thousands of sick children.”…
January 7, 2002 FYI MAD IN AMERICA (Perseus Press), a new book by Robert Whitaker, a prize winning science journalist, is sure to cause a stir. Whitaker holds psychiatry’s feet to the fire by examining the evidence in the professional psychiatric literature, FDA documents, published treatment outcome studies–including the World…
July 14, 2000. New FDA Warning about fatal risk linked to Melaril after 40 years! FYI For 40 years schizophrenia patients have been prescribed Mellaril, a drug that the FDA finally acknowledges causes sudden death due to cardiac arrest! Why did it take the FDA 40 years before it sent…
Evidence of Neuroleptic Drug-Induced Brain Damage in Patients: A partial, Annotated Bibliography by Vera Hassner Sharav ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) 142 West End Ave. Suite 28P New York, NY 10023 212-595-8974 FAX: 212-595-9086 e-mail: veracare@rcn.com For distribution: January, 2000 Although patients, families and the public were not informed…
