Rebecca Riley’s doctor now the target of a grand jury
The Patriot Ledger reports that Rebecca Riley’s psychiatrist, Dr. Kayoko Kifuji, is under criminal investigation by a grand jury.
AHRP Letter to Harvard Re: Dr. Biederman’s Research
AHRP proposes a multi-disciplinary team of independent scientists to review ALL of Dr. Joseph Biederman’s publications and supporting documents, including: research protocols, consent forms, and the original (of course, anonymized) data sets with associated code books for all pediatric studies.
Is the FDA Bipolar or Complicit in Legitimizing IIlegal Marketing?
The FDA expanded approval process for toxic drugs is unaffected by evidence uncovered by the US Justice Department showing the studies to be flawed, if not fraudulent.
Harvard-Partners Hospitals Curtail Industry-Doctor $$ Perks
Dr. Peter Slavin, president of Mass. General Hospital: "We don’t want our faculty being on the road as hired guns."
Conflicts for FDA committee set to weigh risks of Seroquel_Philadelphia Inquirer
FDA officials who continue to run its powerful center for drug evaluation (CDER) have once again shown bad faith by appointing financially compromised doctors to the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC) advisory panel.
Florida Antipsychotic Pre-Approval Requirement Protects PreschoolChildren
The State of Florida has established a pre-approval requirement to protect preschool children on Medicaid from being exposed to the hazardous effects of antipsychotic drugs. That step has prompted "a seismic change" in doctors’ inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics for preschool children: the number of prescriptions for this age group has…
Harvard Psychiatrists Primed For a Fall
The New York Times reports that Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena seeking information and all documents including transcripts of their testimony produced in litigation relating to three prominent Harvard researchers…
Sen. Grassley Letter to Harvard: Biederman Research Protocol Breaches
The most shocking disclosure is that Dr. Biederman’s study testing powerful antipsychotics in PRESCHOOL CHILDREN "was beset by breaches of research protocol,"
Grassley to Harvard & Mass General: Biederman Protocol Breach
The most shocking disclosure: a Biederman study testing the use of powerful antipsychotics in PRESCHOOL CHILDREN "was beset by breaches of research protocol."
Biederman: After Me, There is Only God
A series of slides, all prepared by Dr. Biederman–according to his sworn testimony–are revealing as they raise serious doubts about the scientific and ethical integrity of his oeuvre.
AstraZeneca Silenced Drug Study Creates Uproar_WashPost
Study 15 was pivotal to AstraZeneca gaining FDA approval to market Seroquel. The burial of negative data suggests that the approval process was tainted and the drug's license should be recalled.