Infomail Archive 2003
News Stories on Human Research Protection and
Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav
Dec 19, 2003: Eli Lilly Prozac UK Fact Sheet: “Not Recommended” for Children – PMDD Withdrawn in UK
Dec 19, 2003: Not-So-Public-Relations: Drug Industry & Bioethics – is it casuistry or sophistry?
Dec 18, 2003: National Assoc School Psychologists Communiqué Re: Paxil, SSRIs
Dec 17, 2003: Medscape Cites AHRP Concerns Re: New Law Mandates More Testing of Drugs in Children
Dec 15, 2003: Antidepressant Ban for Kids Puts Pressure On U.S. / Canada
Dec 13, 2003: ABCNEWS.com: Worried About Antidepressants? E-Mail Us
Dec 13, 2003: Chief of VA Research Departs amidst allegations of misconduct, financial indiscretion – BNA
Dec 8, 2003: Glaxo chief: “Our drugs do not work on most patients”
Dec 7, 2003: Stealth Merger: Drug Companies and Medical Research at NIH – LAT
Dec 5, 2003: Bush signed Pediatric Research Equity Act
Dec 5, 2003: Researchers Caught Faking AIDS data in NIH funded research
Dec 4, 2003: Senator Jeff Bingaman resolution: Review military vaccine program
Dec 2, 2003: Integrity of Scientific Findings Marred
Dec 1, 2003: Superiority of Zyprexa (Olanzapine) Challenged
Nov 28, 2003: “Orgasmatron” implant experiment – legitimate or dubious?
Nov 20, 2003: Analysis of paroxetine Yellow Card adverse drug reaction reports (Seroxat/Paxil)
Nov 19, 2003: Soldier’s Death Tied to Vaccines / Experimental Ebola vaccine attracts no volunteers
Nov 19, 2003: Survivor of Nazi Sterilization Experiments Says $8,000 Isn’t Enough
Nov 17, 2003: Just How Effective are Medical Screening Tests?
Nov 16, 2003: Freud Goes Up in Smoke – Toronto Star
Nov 14, 2003: Frontline: Dangerous Prescription
Nov 11, 2003: Medication switched for research purposes – patient nearly dies
Nov 10, 2003: Eugenics: the California connection to Nazi policies
Nov 8, 2003: Chromium 6_Carcinogen tested in 5 humans in the US
Nov 5, 2003: Debate: Ethics of Surgically Implanting Drug Device in Psychiatric Patients
Nov 5, 2003: FDA Advisor: “Ignore breast implant vote”
Nov 3, 2003: Safety of Smallpox Vaccine among Military Recipients Questioned_JAMA
Nov 1, 2003: TIME – Medicating Young Minds with Mood / Behavior Altering Drugs
Oct 29, 2003: FDA reviews depression drugs–Intense or Cautious? WashPost/ NYT/ Herald
Oct 27, 2003: FDA Issues Public Health Advisory Entitled Reports Of Suicidality in Pediatric
Oct 25, 2003: Why did OHRP SHRED informed consent documents?
Oct 21, 2003: UK to crack down further on antidepressants given out ‘like sweets’
Oct 17, 2003: Is it Cloning? U.S. experiment in China – Baltimore Sun
Oct 17, 2003: Nazi euthanasia files are made public – BMJ
Oct 14, 2003: Appeals Court reinstates Nigerian research case against Pfizer
Oct 14, 2003: WSJ: Court Revives Suit Against Pfizer On Nigeria Study
Oct 10, 2003: Antidepressant drugs Used as Placebos!
Oct 7, 2003: Ethics of U Penn surgical “drug implant” experiment
Oct 3, 2003: A growing Crisis: Aggressive Marketing of drugs for children – Lou Dobbs-CNN
Oct 1, 2003: China Daily update: Harvard genetic research in rural China
Oct 1, 2003: Lead author of JAMA article rethinks positive Zoloft report – Guardian
Sept 29, 2003: Doctor’s Misconduct Left Trail of Broken Lives–A Broken Marriage and a ‘Life Destroyed’ – WashPost
Sept 24, 2003: Babies given mind altering drugs in Florida / 68 Paxil Withdrawal Victims File Lawsuit
Sept 23, 2003: The DES Legacy – WashPost
Sept 23, 2003: U.K. Gov’t Issues New Warnings – Use of antidepressant drugs for children
Sept 21, 2003: UK issues ban on second SSRI antidepressant for children
Sept 17, 2003: Walk-in Drug Trial Clinic NYC Upper East Side
Sept 12, 2003: 4 compelling reasons against Mental Health Parity
Sept 6, 2003: 10 monkeys killed in botched experiment at Johns Hopkins
Sept 5, 2003: Medicare Rx Drug Bill Shaped by Drug Industry Blocks Elderly Bargaining Power – NYT
Sept 3, 2003: FDA approves Paxil for Premenstrual cramps
Sept 2, 2003: Wyeth Pharma Warns Doctors Against Rx Effexor to Kids
Aug 29, 2003: Schizophrenia drugs increase diabetes risk
Aug 29, 2003: Parkinson’s fetal tissue transplant experiment fails – Nature
Aug 27, 2003: British Psychiatrists Debate: “Clinical trials of antidepressant medications are producing meaningless results”
Aug 26, 2003: NYT Pitches New Brain Disorder: “Executive Dysfunction”
Aug 26, 2003: Connecticut Dept of Children & Families Bans Paxil
Aug 25, 2003: Drugging Our Kids – New American
Aug 24, 2003: Brain Development &Teen Mood Swings – ABC
Aug 23, 2003: Fast for Freedom: A debate (of sorts) about scientific evidence
Aug 22, 2003: NIMH-Harvard study: 74% children prescribed SSRI suffer adverse effects
Aug 21, 2003: CBS News: Smallpox vaccine fiasco
Aug 19, 2003: Gene Therapy Experiment Called “Crazy”
Aug 15, 2003: Almost 1/2 of faculty on IRBs have ties to industry – Harvard Partners
Aug 14, 2003: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
Aug 13, 2003: “Drug Companies Should Make Their Studies Public” – NYT
Aug 11, 2003: Debate Over Antidepressants – Letters NYT
Aug 9, 2003: Soldier vaccinated with anthrax / smallpox died shortly from pneumonia
Aug 7, 2003: Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression’s Wonder Drugs – NYT
Aug 6, 2003: Can a Popular Antidepressant Cause Teenage Suicide? Boston Globe
Aug 6, 2003: A Come Back for Psychosurgery?
Aug 4, 2003: Brainstorm to Breakthrough: A Surgical Procedure is Born – NYT
Aug 3, 2003: Psychiatrist’s Undisclosed Financial Ties Prompt Reproval – NYT
July 31, 2003: The Culture of Disease – Fierstein – NYT
July 29, 2003: Senate Passes Pediatric Research Equity Act
July 28, 2003: FDA Approves Lilly’s Growth Hormone for Healthy Children
July 26, 2003: SSRI’s found to adversely affect newborns during first days of life
July 24, 2003: Broken Brains or Flawed Studies?
July 22, 2003: 2,000 children to get experimental malaria vaccine – Nature / BBC
July 22, 2003: British Scientist Casts Doubt on ADHD-Ritalin equation
July 19, 2003: EPA Opens the Door to Testing Bug Killers on People: Spoon- Feeding Poison – VillageVoice
July 18, 2003: Ethics of ARDS lung experiment debated
July 17, 2003: Lawsuit filed re: ALLHAT Hypertension research death of human subject
July 14, 2003: British Medical Journal critized for promoting drug cocktail ignoring risks
July 11, 2003: Iowa seeks dismissal of lawsuit: Monster Experiment induced stuttering
July 11, 2003: AHRP Letter to Editor re: ARDS published NEJM
July 11, 2003: Cholesterol Myths Debunked–Bad News for Statin Drug manufacturers
July 9, 2003: Greatest Experiment Ever Performed: exploding the Estrogen Myth
July 8, 2003: Congressional Investigation of NIH: Cash Gifts From Grantees
July 8, 2003: Hopkins Asks Patients to Waive Privacy Rights to Facilitate Research Recruiting – AP/ ABC
July 7, 2003: OHRP Found NHLBI Lung Experiments Violated Informed Consent
July 3, 2003: NHLBI director Dr. Lenfant is Retiring
July 1, 2003: Psychiatry and Preschoolers
June 30, 2003: New Jersey Foster Children Lingering in Mental Wards
June 27, 2003: Toxicologist Blames Prozac for Wife’s Suicide – UK
June 27, 2003: Once Misdiagnosed, Writer Teaches Psychiatrists About Treatment – Psychol Today
June 26, 2003: AHRP Testimonies re: Fatal ARDS lung experiment
June 25, 2003: AIDS vaccine Worse Than Useless? – ISS
June 24, 2003: Cost and Consequence: drug “cocktails” deplete Medicaid – Globe
June 24, 2003: “Anthrax vaccine a deadly defense?” –NW Indiana Times
June 22, 2003: FDA Accepts Adverse Drug Reaction Reports from Consumers
June 22, 2003: AstraZeneca Pleads Guilty in Criminal Cancer Medicine Scheme
June 20, 2003: Time to put drug giants on trial – Scotsman (UK)
June 19, 2003: GlascoSmithKline Paxil Warning letter to UK Healthcare Professionals
June 19, 2003: FDA Statement Regarding Anti-Depressant Paxil for Children
June 16, 2003: Supreme Court Halts Forced Drugging – AAPS Press Release
June 15, 2003: Don’t Medicate Away Student Angst – Chronicle Higher Ed
June 13, 2003: Sen Schumer asks FDA to place hold on Paxil for kids
June 10, 2003: UK Government Bans Paxil for children
June 4, 2003: Auditing Standards in Accounting and Medicine
June 3, 2003: Hemophiliacs File Suit Against Bayer for selling Tainted Blood product
June 3, 2003: “Schizophrenia Digest” Canadian magazine
May 29, 2003: Suffer the Little Children in the Research for Cures_USA Today
May 28, 2003: Hormone Replacement Raises Dementia Risk in Women_NYT
May 22, 2003: Bayer Documents: AIDS Tainted Blood Killed Thousands of Hemophiliacs
May 21, 2003: BBC Panorama: Unprecedented public response to evidence of SSRI drug harm
May 21, 2003: Oral arguments in Anthrax vaccine lawsuit
May 20, 2003: Leading Antipsychotic Drugs Come Under New Scrutiny – NYT
May 19, 2003: Research dispute prompts patient-trials debate_Seattle Times
May 18, 2003: Trial Lawyers Are Taking Aim at the Drug Industry_NYT
May 10, 2003: Unreported Paxil suicides: company abandons “No Addiction” claim
May 8, 2003: New Fears Re: Smallpox Vaccine
May 5, 2003: FDA Warning Letter: child died from overdose during clinical trial
May 1, 2003: MedicAlert lifeline lent to patients in drug trials
April 30, 2003: VA administrators attempt to scuttle legislation to protect patients
April 30, 2003: Artificial Heart experiment without informed consent?
April 29, 2003: Cong. to act on GAO Finding: Families Give Up Kids to Get Treatment
April 28, 2003: Rehnquist Warns Drug Makers _Marketing Actimune for Unapproved Use_NYT
April 22, 2003: FDA Warning Letter Re: Fatal Experiment: Hexamethonium Inhalation_Johns Hopkins
April 21, 2003: Death & Other Problems at Fargo VA Research Detroit_BNA
April 17, 2003: UCLA Researcher Violated Federal Rules_LAT
April 17, 2003: Ripping Off the Rights of Children
April 16, 2003: FDA Requests Fed Investigation Of Itself After It Lost Medical Records
April 15, 2003: Psychiatric Drugs Pushing Children to Crisis Units_Tampa Tribune
April 13, 2003: Research at US Veterans Hospitals Nationwide Under Investigation_NYT
April 12, 2003: Harvard research in China: Open Letter to Pres. Summers
April 11, 2003: Risperdal Linked to Stroke; Zyprexa linked to Diabetes
April 10, 2003: Bill Introduced to Make ORCA Independent of VA
April 10, 2003: Letter Submitted to New England Journal of Medicine re ARDS Investigation
April 9, 2003: Smallpox Vaccine Testing on Kids Blocked_LAT
April 6, 2003: Failed Experiments: Child-Rearing Experts– Visions and Revisions
April 5, 2003: AHRP Comments: DHHS COI Guidance for Human Subject Protectio
March 30, 2003: CNN: Drug Argument Embroils Psychiatrists, Pharma Companies
March 29, 2003: Smallpox vaccine: Experts Urge Caution, Administration Pushes Hard
March 29, 2003: Anthrax Vaccine Consent Form / Should You Roll Up Your Sleeves_WSJ
March 27, 2003: Children are Humans: Don’t Sacrifice their Rights, Dignity & Welfare
March 25, 2003: Vaccinated Doctors Could Hurt Patients_JAMA
March 25, 2003: Walter Reed Seeking Volunteers to Test Anthrax Vaccine_WP
March 24, 2003: Minnesota initiative: Compulsory newborn congenital testing
March 22, 2003: Senate HELP Committee Votes to Send Children to Front Line of Drug Tests
March 20, 2003: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Following Deaths at VA_Albany
March 20, 2003: Studies Link Zyprexa to Diabetes & Deaths_Balt Sun
March 19, 2003: Conflicts of Interest Taint UK Gov panel investigating SSRI
March 19, 2003: Commonly recommended Treatments found Worthless
March 18, 2003: Anthrax Vaccine Lawsuit Filed by Military Servicemen against Pentagon
March 17, 2003: Asthma Drug trial Halted -Health Risk Are Suspected
March 16, 2003: Pfizer Nears Drug Settlement
March 14, 2003: FDA Requires Bar Codes on Drugs-IG resigns
March 12, 2003: VA Orders Nationwide Review of Research_BNA
March 9, 2003: MassHealth: Children overwhelmed with Psychiatric Drugs_Globe
March 9, 2003: Medical Confidentiality of Research Subject in Jeopardy–Lawyers Subpoena Anthropologist
March 6, 2003: Dangerous Drug Licensing Game the FDA Plays
March 1, 2003: Bayer/ Baycol on Trial in Texas_NYT
February 28, 2003: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDSNet experiment criticized – OHRP
February 27, 2003: Clarification Re: safety of pyridostigmine, Drug tested in Gulf War
February 26, 2003: U.S. Contracts for Safer Smallpox Vaccine_Reuters
February 25, 2003: Trauma counseling retraumatizes_Repress Yourself_NYT
February 24, 2003: LA Times Editorial: Honest Medical Research
February 23, 2003: Internal Documents: Bayer Knew of Baycol Dangers _NYT
February 20, 2003: Repeal of Thimerosal Rider under Omnibus Approriations Bill
February 20, 2003: Feds Launch Probe of VA Hiring Practices_Albany Hired Researcher Despite Revoked License
February 19, 2003: Hopkins Study: Medical Consent Forms Confusing
February 17, 2003: Experiment infects AIDS patients in China with malaria
February 16, 2003: Death of Baby Prompts Scrutiny of Research Risks_St. Louis Post Dispatch
February 16, 2003: Fuzzy ethics of nonlethal chemical weapons_Christian Science Monitor
February 13, 2003: Just Say NO to (Legal) Drugs_The Other War on Drugs_WSJ
February 8, 2003: American Eugenics: Bad Seed or Bad Science?
February 6, 2003: Drug Tested in Gulf War Is Approved for Troops_NYT
February 6, 2003: VA Drug Study Deaths under Criminal Investigation in NY_BNA
February 5, 2003: Smallpox Researchers Seek Help from Millions of Computer Users
January 30, 2003: Incentives to Pharma Companies but Health Care Leaders Voice Doubts on Smallpox Inoculations
January 28, 2003: Military proposes serious relaxation of IND regulations
January 21, 2003: Tests Are Set for Adult Drugs Children Take
January 17, 2003: 18 Deaths Linked to drug – Serzone Removed from European market, not US
January 17, 2003: Smallpox Vaccine Program snag–Union Workers demand Protections – WashPost
January 16, 2003: Hutch Settles consent Case out of court – Seattle Times
January 15, 2003: Chemical giant paid students to drink pesticide – SundayTimes – Ethics of Human Pesticide Studies Questioned – Reuters
January 14, 2003: Another Child Devloped Cancer: SCID Trials Suspended – ABC
January 14, 2003: Instead of a War against Drugs, Children Riddled with Psych Drugs
January 11, 2003: Senate to Repeal Law Shielding Drug Giants – NYT, WashPost
January 9, 2003: Debate Erupts Over Testing Pesticides on Humans – NYT
January 4, 2003: Pesticide firms want to test chemical toxicity on humans instead of rats
January 3, 2003: How Pharma Took Over Medicine: Research and Practice – BMJ / NYT
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