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OHRP Letter to ARDSNetwork re: Investigation of Acute Respiratory DistressSyndrome

October 26, 2006September 19, 2015

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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Japan Links 81 Deaths to new Lung Cancer Drug

October 26, 2006March 29, 2016

Japan Links 81 Deaths to new Lung Cancer Drug Thu, 5 Dec 2002 Now a days, the fate of a drug depends not so much on its efficacy and safety, but rather on the financial needs of the manufacturer and the company’s ability to round up an “independent” panel of…

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Four Top Doctors Arrested for illegal medical experiments_Israel

October 11, 2006November 21, 2014

According to a investigative report issued by the Israeli Health Ministry, the doctors "conducted illegal and unethical testing on thousands of elderly patients for years.

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Psychiatrist criminally indicted: Promoting off-label use of drug for depression!

July 22, 2006November 21, 2014

The New York Times reports that a Maryland psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Gleason, was handcuffed and arrested in March and charged with criminal promotion of a drug "for purposes other than those approved by the federal government."

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Ex-Head of F.D.A. Faces Criminal Inquiry

April 29, 2006November 21, 2014

The New York Times reports that former FDA Commissioner, Dr. Lester Crawford "is under criminalo investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations of financial improprieties and false statements to Congress."

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U.S. Subpoena Opens a New Front in Investigation ofGuidant Heart Devices

January 28, 2006November 21, 2014

"The subpoena shows that the government is investigating Guidant for possible violations of health care statutes

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Pharma front ACSH: “Whiny Whistleblower of the Year Award”

January 3, 2006November 21, 2014

2005 was a year in which some of Big Pharma’s clandestine relationships with an army of bought-and- paid- for minions in academia,
government, congress, the media, and front organizations were uncovered–in courtrooms, investigative books, reports and films.

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Top SFBC officials Quit Amid Senate Inquiry Clinical Trials_ Bloomberg News

January 3, 2006November 21, 2014

In its continuing coverage of corrupt clinical drug trial practices, Bloomberg News reports that all three founders of SFBC International, one of the largest clinical trial business operations that had failed to even screen human subjects for turberculosis, and threatened others with deportation if they refused to become guinea pigs, quit after the Senate Finance committee began investigating drug trial safety issues:

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Montreal Clinical Trial Subjects Expoxed to Tuberculosis

December 15, 2005November 21, 2014

Bloomberg News published an update to its sensational special report: Big Pharma’s Shameful Secret
see: https://ahrp.org/infomail/05/11/03.php

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Mechanical ventilation in ARDS: One size does not fit all – Editorial AJCCM

May 20, 2005March 29, 2016

Fri, 20 May 2005 ARMA was a government-sponsored, $41 million experiment involving 861 critically ill patients with severe lung injury–i.e., acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It has been at the center of continuing debate prompted by revelations that researchers at 14 of the nation’s major medical research institutions comprising the…