A Matter of Disclosure: Shame on JAMA editor / Shame on Harvard Scientists / FDA Adds SSRIWarnings

The Associated Press reports (1, 2 below) that the FDA has just issued new warnings about two additional life-threatening risks induced by SSRI antidepressants: Serotonin Syndrome and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in newborn babies.

Marriage of Convenience: Mental Screening–Eli Lilly check $500k

Mental Screening ties to drug companies exposed.  Screening for Mental Health (Harvard affiliated) received $500K from Eli Lillly. See:  https://ahrp.org/children/mentalscreen/LillyCheck.jpg

TeenScreen hired high powered PR firms whose business  is to  create promotional campaigns to increase drug sales for its clients.

Pfizer Zoloft Warnings to Canadian Doctors Contrast to US – FDA Caves In to Lobbying

Pfizer Zoloft Warnings to Canadian Doctors Contrast to US – FDA Caves In to Pharma lobbying Thu, 10 Feb 2005 The FDA has, once again, quietly colluded with industry, compromising the safety of children’s lives to maintain drug manufacturers’ cash flow. After two FDA advisory committee hearings (Feb 2-3 and…

SEC Focusing on Drug Makers Disclosure_ Continuing Medical Ed Changes

SEC Focusing on Drug Makers Disclosure_ Continuing Medical Ed Changes Tue, 28 Sep 2004 Evidence showing that drug manufacturers and the FDA concealed negative clinical trial data and deceived physicians, consumers, and shareholders about failure to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of SSRI antidepressant drugs has caught the interest of…

Conflict of Interest

Conflict of Interest: Profits vs Safety Congressional Investigations US Senators Pharmaceutical industry holdings, 2004: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/SenPharma.pdf Oct 12: How Did the Vioxx Debacle Happen? USA Today / Lancet Oct 4: Op Ed: Psychiatry on the Ropes–WP / Evidence-based Psychiatry Oct 3: BBC PANORAMA TONIGHT – Taken on Trust – 13 years-Medical…

Prozac in Drinking Water / Prozac in Streams Hurt Frogs fish / Newborns suffer Withdrawal

Prozac in Drinking Water / Prozac in Streams Hurt Frogs fish / Newborns suffer Withdrawal Tue, 10 Aug 2004 An article in the UK Observer–“Stay calm everyone, there’s Prozac in the drinking water” (below) — reports that British environmentalists are calling for an “urgent investigation into the revelations, describing the…

Is it Cloning? U.S. experiment in China – Baltimore Sun

Is it Cloning? U.S. experiment in China – Baltimore Sun Fri, 17 Oct 2003 Concern has been raised about unauthorized US initiated human experiments conducted offshore. One such experiment is said to come “perilously close to human cloning.” The debate prompted the chief scientist of a biotech company in Singapore…