Blood substitute`a disaster’ in trial Northfield still plans toseek FDA approval
American medicine is fast descending into lethal medicine thanks to FDA officials who lend the government seal of approval to drugs and experiments that kill.
Yale Psychiatric Institute, PRIME clinic
Disease mongering: " This program has been developed for people who, while in the prime of their lives, are at high risk for developing a debilitating mental illness."
Federal Investigation of ARDS Study (Accute Respiratory Distress)
Federal Investigation of ARDS Study (Accute Respiratory Distress) OHRP conducted a compliance oversight evaluation of the 12 major sites participating in this clinical trial. OHRP’s determination letters documenting the outcomes of these evaluations can be viewed at the OHRP website at the following URLs: Note: OHRP found that federal informed…
Nuremberg Code
The Nuremberg Code [from Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10. Nuremberg, October 1946 – April 1949. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O, 1949 – 1953.] Permissible Medical Experiments The great weight of the evidence before us is to the effect that certain types…
Informed Consent | Informed Consent Waivers | Investigations | Medical Research Ethics | Unethical Experiments
OHRP Letter to ARDSNetwork re: Investigation of Acute Respiratory DistressSyndrome
OHRP Investigation of experimental treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. ARDSNet studies: ARMA, FACCT, and ALVEOLI Table of Contents to Fax from OHRP page 1 Oct. 7, 2002 OHRP letter to: Ronald S. Newvbower, Ph.D(Mass. General Hospital), Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University), and Robert Kay, MD) (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)…
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AHRP Letter to Editor re: ARDS published NEJM
AHRP Letter to Editor re: ARDS published NEJM Fri, 11 Jul 2003 A truncated version of a Letter to the editor submitted by John H. Noble, Jr., PhD and Vera Sharav appears in the current July 10, 2003, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Note: On April 3,…
Ethical Concerns Re: U.S. Sponsored Genetic Experiments in China
Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav February 18, 2002 FYI United States Government Sponsored Genetic Research in Rural China Raises Troubling Ethical Concerns A January 2002 report in China Daily, byXiong Lei, the senior journalist with China Features, Xinhua News Agency(below), raises troubling ethical concerns about U.S. government-sponsoredgenetic research in rural…
ARDSNet – AHRP Reply to OHRP Response
THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) 142 West End Ave, Suite 28P New York, NY 10023 212-595-8974 ahrp@researchprotection.org September 4, 2002 Michael Carome, MD Associate Director for Regulatory Affairs Office for Human Research Protections The Tower Building 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Re: Acute Respiratory Distress…
Ethics / Science of ARDS Controversy Continues – J Medical Ethics-BMJ
Ethics / Science of ARDS Controversy Continues – J Medical Ethics-BMJ Thu, 6 Oct 2005 The ethics and science of a controversial clinical trial sponsored by the US government and conducted at multiple sites by the ARDS Network comprising of prestigious academic medical centers is the subject of a continuing…
NIH suspended ARDS Lung experiment
September 25, 2002 NIH suspended ARDS Lung experiment in Aug / AHRP filed complaint re: ARDS in July FYI On July 29, 2002 The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP) filed a complaint with the federal Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP), expressing ethical and methodological concerns about an acute…
Ethical Standards and Codes
Ethical Standards and Codes Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Committee Report & Public Briefing, Oct. 3, 2002 The Hippocratic Oath The Nuremberg Code Declaration of Helsinki The Belmont Report Additional Codes and Declarations Relevant to the Health Professions: Amnesty International Federal Policy for Protection of Human…