Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Orgs & NCQA Fri, 9 Sep 2005 After much hand wringing following public disclosrure that the current IRB (institutional review board) research review and approval process is so inadequate and unreliable, the (then) outgoing Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, acknowledged in 2000 that the research protection…
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 the School of Social Work…
Johnson & Johnson stung by its own Advisory Committee–Natrecor should be strictly limited Fri, 12 Aug 2005 Kudos go to Dr. Eugene Braunwald and the 10 members of the advisory committee that he heads. Contrary to Johnson & Johnson expectations, the committee recommended extensive warnings to physicians against prescribing Natrecor to outpatients. When physicians begin…
Russian Roulette Medicine: More kids get multiple psychiatric drugs Wed, 3 Aug 2005 Stop the madness! Child psychiatrist, Joseph Penn, advises: “Parents shouldn’t passively accept whatever doctors recommend for children with behavior or psychiatric problems.” “We just don’t have the efficacy or safety data to back up what is common clinical practice.” US physicians’ dependence…
On behalf of the Alliance for Human Research Protection, or AHRP, I want to thank the members of the Committee, for this opportunity to share with you our understanding of the complex problems presented by medical research involving vulnerable populations, such as prisoners and children. We appreciate your difficult job, and recognize that you will need to exercise courage in your assigned mission, which is to protect prisoners from research abuse and exploitation.
“Courage,” in this context, means the courage to acknowledge uncomfortable facts about current practice and to speak truth to power,
AHRP Testimonies and Presentations Sep 8, 2005: AHRP Testimony: NYS Hearing –AIDS Drug /Vaccine Experiments on Foster Children July 18, 2005: Cheaper than Chimpanzees Statement by Vera Hassner Sharav before the Committee on Ethical Consideration for Revisions to DHHS Regulations on Protection of Prisoners Involved in Research July 2- 8, 2005: Protecting People with Mental Disabilities…
Statement before the Committee on Ethical Consideration for Revisions to DHHS Regulations on Protection of Prisoners Involved in Research Presented by Vera Hassner Sharav July 18, 2005 142 West End Ave. Suite 28P New York, NY 10023 Contact: Tel. 212-595-8974 The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP) www.ahrp.org On behalf of the Alliance for Human…
Internal Investigation Found Widespread Ethical Lapses by NIH Scientists Thu, 14 Jul 2005 In a letter to Congfress, NIH director, Dr. Elias Zerhouni acknowledges: “We discovered cases of employees who consulted with research entities without seeking required approval, consulted in areas that appeared to conflict with their official duties, or consulted in situations where the…
NY Times Journalist Judith Miller Goes to Jail Rather than Reveal Her Sources Thu, 7 Jul 2005 AHRP acknowledge Judith Miller’ courageous, prinicpled stand to protect the identity of her sources (i.e.,whistleblowers). “Judith Miller is surrendering her liberty “in defense of a greater liberty, granted to a free press by the founding fathers so journalists…
Presented at the 29th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Paris, France, July 6, 2005 John H. Noble, Jr., Ph.D, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA Vera Hassner Sharav, MLS, Alliance for Human Research Protection, New York, USA People with mental disabilities and impairments historically have been targeted by biomedical researchers and…
Tom Cruise re-ignited the debate about psychiatry–its false claims & drug hazards – Florida Medicaid restricts Fri, 01 Jul 2005 Tom Cruise “kicked off a debate over a subject that a lot of people don’t feel comfortable discussing: whether Americans are too quick to turn to prescription drugs and whether their doctors are too quick…
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/10/business/10drug.html?ei=5094&en=5475b3c17e50e692&hp =&ex=1118462400&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print THE NEW YORK TIMES June 10, 2005, front page Lucrative Drug, Danger Signals and the F.D.A. By GARDINER HARRIS and ERIC KOLI Dozens had died and more than 100 patients had suffered serious heart problems by March 1998 after taking Propulsid, a popular medicine for heartburn. Infants, given the drug to treat acid…
