Eli Lilly’s new Prozac Fact Sheet (image below) sent to UK physicians–but not to US physicians–states that Prozac is NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN for any indication. For a larger view, please click on the image.
Bayer/ Baycol on Trial in Texas_NYT Sat, 1 Mar 2003 Melody Peterson of the New York Times reports that in the first case brought against Bayer involving its anticholesterol drug, Baycol, a senior official of Bayer AG testified in court in Corpus Cristi, Texas. He acknowledged that company officials in…
Latest Huckstersm: Surgical Implants for Depression – NYT Sat, 21 May 2005 The FDA was supposed to protect the public from snake oil hucksterism. It is appalling to note how far the FDA’s approval process for drugs and devices has veered away from it’s 1962 standards of evidence-based medicine. [1]…
John H. Noble, Jr., Ph.D. John H. Noble, Jr., Ph.D., retired in August, 2005, from his position as Endowed Professor for Social Justice, The Catholic University of America. He has been Professor Emeritus since 1993 at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he held joint appointments in…
2 to 5 year old children targeted for Smallpox Vaccine trial_DHHS Sat, 2 Nov 2002 An announcement in the Federal Register, Oct 31, 2002, by the Office of Public Health and Science and Food and Drug Administration calls for public review and comment about proposals to the Secretary of Health…
Fed Investigation Report: AIDS Drug Tests on Foster Kids Violated Rules Thu, 16 Jun 2005 related link: OHRP Letter of Determination, Columbia University Medical Center, May 23, 2005 (32 K pdf) The Associated Press reports that an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Human…
Documents Show Drug Company Promotion of Unproven Drug_NYT Tue, 29 Oct 2002 Internal company documents unsealed in a federal lawsuit reveal how the unholy alliance between doctors and drug companies has corrupted medical practice and defrauded the US taxpayer. Although it is illegal for drug companies to promote a drug…
