Hazardous Risks
Clinical Trials: Risks
On the Toxicity of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer-the Need for Vigilance
A study published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that advanced chemotherapy put patients at far greater
risks of harm than adverse effect reports from clinical trial data reveal.
Company Knew of the Catastrophic Risk–so did the British Medicines Authority
"Risks of anaphylaxis applies to all studies at PAREXEL, with drugs at every stage of development, and the staff are well trained in anticipation of this (unlikely) possibility.
Read MoreBritish Rethinking Rules After Ill-Fated Drug Trial_NYT
A front page report in The New York Times provides additonal information about the catastrophic TGN1412 medical experiment in which 6 previously healthy volunteers were intravenously injected with monoclonal antibody in a highly risky procedure.
Read MoreMHRA Releases Selective Documents–Where is Informed Consent Document?
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has released an interim report about the near fatal clinical trial of the monoclonal antibody, TGN1412, stating:
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Disasterous Drug Trial_FDA New Rules Ensure More Disasters to Follow
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.
Read MoreGuinea Pig Gang: Meet U.S. Students Who Rent Their Bodies for Cash
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.
Read MoreSix Healthy Volunteers in Phase I Drug Trial-Critically Ill_UK
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.
Read MoreAHRP Testimonies and Presentations
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- 8, 2005: Protecting People with Mental Disabilities…
Read MoreMAD IN AMERICA – important new book
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 Health Organization, and patients’ testimonies.…
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