Hundreds of HIV+ Foster Children in NYC Subjected to Experimental Drug Trials Democracy Now
May 02, 2005
Original Source: https://www.democracynow.org/2005/5/2/hundreds_of_hiv_foster_children_in
May 02, 2005
Original Source: https://www.democracynow.org/2005/5/2/hundreds_of_hiv_foster_children_in
It is difficult to comprehend, why the Obama administration, which has made cost-cutting a legislative centerpiece of healthcare reform, would remove the most potent, financial penalty in its existing legal arsenal from its settlement with Pfizer.
AHRP PROPOSAL:
Any FDA-approved drug, whose manufacturer has been found by a court of law or the Department of Justice–to have illegally marketed the drug by concealing risks or incidence of adverse effects, or making unsupported claims of clinical benefit–should be denied coverage by taxpayer funded insurance programs–including Medicaid, Medicare, VeteranstAffairs.
The primary promoters–inventors, one might say– of diagnosing children with "bipolar" disorder, who for over a decade, aggressively promoted the biopolar diagnosis and use of antipsychotics in children, were disciplined by Harvard University and its affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital.
Pfizer, the world’s largest drug manufacturer has the dubious distinction of being a corporate "repeat offender…"
"the prevailing medical opinion is that vaccines are scientifically linked to encephalopathy, but not scientifically linked to autism."