AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav February 18, 2002 FYI The Fred Hutchison Center in Seattle WA has failedthree FDA inspections The Seattle Times reported on Sunday that aleukemia study at the Fred…
"The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential," reads the Nuremberg Code of 1947, which was drafted in direct response to the sheer barbarity of Nazi-era medical experiments on Jews and other captive groups.
Text of AHRP Amicus Brief filed with the Maryland Court of Appeals in support of the Court’s ruling against Kennedy Krieger Institute for exposing children to lead poison in an experiment. The Court of Appeals Decision Validates AHRP’s Stand Against Using Children in Harmful Research Experiments.
Medicine: Once a wary watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration set out to become a "partner" of the pharmaceutical industry. Today, the public has more remedies, but some are proving lethal.
Chemically Induced Psychosis Experiments: An Inhumane Paradigm in Psychiatric Research Congressional Testimony submitted by Vera Sharav * February 2, 2000 Statement For the Record Submitted To U.S. Senate Sub-Committee: Public Health & Safety of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Hearing Our efforts helped bring to public attention…
Statement For the Record Submitted to
The U.S. Senate Sub-Committee: Public Health & Safety of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Hearing
Our efforts helped bring to public attention major medical ethics violations in Federally-funded research in which uninformed, vulnerable American citizens are put at high risks without justification. As a result, such individuals have often suffered severe consequences – some have lost their lives unnecessarily. Based on the evidence – including testimonies by families and patients – we believe five factors contribute to unethical human experiments:
