AHRP Testimony presented by Vera Sharav, December 2006. PowerPoint slides (843 kb file).
The New York Times reports that internal marketing documents show that “Eli Lilly encouraged primary care physicians to use Zyprexa, in patients who did not have either condition.”
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 12, 2002 If Placebo Works Without Risk,Side-Effects or Cost — Why Prescribe Anti-Depressant Drugs? FYI As we reported in yesterday’s Infomail, a major governmentfunded study found…
Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children The following comments supported the smallpox vaccine trial: I believe this is a necessary and very much needed trial. What if tomorrow smallpox was to become a problem? Since children are more susecptible to it, I am…
Part I. America’s commercially profitable healthcare system is wasteful, inefficient and exceedingly harmful. Medical interventions are the third Leading cause of death.
Today’s news reports about an increase suicide rate in 2004 offer an opportunity to witness how the media unwittingly disseminates pharmaceutical industry generated propaganda.
"This is out-of-control use of drugs that have profound cardiovascular consequences. We have got a potential public health crisis. I think patients and families need to be made aware of these concerns."
