Drug Tested in Gulf War Is Approved for Troops_NYT Thu, 6 Feb 2003 The New York Times reports that FDA has approved the drug, pyridostigmine bromide for use by the military. The drug had been used experimentally during the Gulf War in 1991. It has been the center of controversy…
Schizophrenia Drug Implants May Qualify as Medical Torture Sun, 17 Nov 2002 In some patients, antipsychotic drugs induce excruciating, intolerable side-effects. In some people these drugs’ toxic action has caused severe liver, heart, and kidney damage, as well as dangerously high blood pressure– some patients have died as a result…
AHRP Speaks Out AHRP Press Briefing 9/14/04: Antidepressants & suicide-related risks for children Open Letter to NIMH re Prozac & Concealed Suicide Attempts Open Letter to Officials at NIMH AHRP Briefing 2/2/04: Scientists present suicide evidence Conflicts of Interest policy – New York Times Phase I Drug Trials Used Foster…
Anthrax Vaccine Lawsuit Filed by Military Servicemen against Pentagon Tue, 18 Mar 2003 Since 1998, nearly 500 active-duty service-members have refused the vaccine, and more than 100 have been court-martialed. Additionally, approximately 500-1000 pilots and flight crew members have quit, resigned or transferred from the Air National Guard or Reserves…
Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s ties to drug firms spark questions over agency hiring policies
An Epidemic of Overreaction /The scare Scenario / The Fear Epidemic Thu, 27 Oct 2005 Dr. Marc Siegel, Â a practicing internist and an associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine, and a subscriber to the AHRP Infomails, forwarded 3 recent Op Ed articles he has published–in…
AHRP Speaks Out Dec 12, 2005: Mental Health Screening: A PhRMA Friendly Remedy for Societal Problems. Presentation by Vera Sharav, American Public Health Association Nov 2005: Analysis of S. 1873 – The Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005 – Karen R. Effrem, MD June 1-3, 2005:…
ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability www.ahrp.org Statement by Vera Hassner Sharav Founder & President, AHRP April 1, 2005 Anthrax Band Reunion Press Conference New York City My name is Vera Hassner Sharav, and I am president of The Alliance for Human Research Protection:…
EPA Nominee Challenged in Senate Over Children’s Pesticide Experiment Thu, 07 Apr 2005 AHRP applauds Senator Barbara Boxer for pledging to hold up the confirmation of Stephen Johnson, the President’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, until he pulls the plug on “the appalling, unethical, and immoral” children’s pesticide…
My name is Vera Hassner Sharav, and I am president of The Alliance for Human Research Protection: a national human rights organization that exposes unethical research practices which undermine the dignity, rights, and safety of human subjects.
In 1947, an American military tribunal sat in judgment of the Nazi doctors at Nuremberg, and laid down ten essential principles that define “permissible medical experiments” in a civilized society. Those principles are enshrined in the Nuremberg Code which is the cornerstone of all medical research ethics. The nations of the world adopted the Code as a safeguard to prevent future medical atrocities.
When a federal judge ruled the vaccine to be an "investigational drug and a drug being used for an unapproved purpose" on December 22, 2003, FDA hurriedly issued a Final Rule for anthrax vaccine. The agency submitted its Final Rule just eight days after a federal court injunction, having failed to do so for 19 years. In a January 7, 2004 court hearing the same judge called FDA’s actions "highly suspicious." On October 27, 2004 FDA’s arbitrary and capricious promulgation of this Final Rule resulted in a permanent injunction, remanding the license to your agency to complete according to the law. The injunction also halted what the judge called DoD’s "illegal" mandatory anthrax vaccination program.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony for the record.
My name is Meryl Nass, M.D., and I have worked for the past twenty years as an emergency physician and internist in community hospitals in the northeastern US. I have also studied many aspects of bioterrorism since 1989. I am the person who first demonstrated, in 1992, that one could investigate an epidemic retrospectively, and prove that it was due to biological warfare, using Rhodesia’s 1978-80 anthrax epidemic as a model.[1]
