August 1, 2015 Accountability Demanded – NYC Foster Children AIDS drug trialsCodes of ethical research and Federal regulations for the protection of children were grossly violated; children suffered Read More Accountability Demanded – NYC Foster Children AIDS drug trials
August 1, 2015 UK Patients Used as Drug ‘Guinea Pigs" GuardianUK Patients Used as Drug ‘Guinea Pigs”_Guardian Feb 9 2003 Medical fraud experts in the U.K. estimate Read More UK Patients Used as Drug ‘Guinea Pigs" Guardian
September 27, 2014 Carl Elliott, MD, PhDCarl Elliott, MD, PhD, is professor at the Center for bioethics, University of Minnesota, the author of Read More Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
March 16, 2013 University of Minnesota Stonewalling Psychiatrists’ Gross Medical MisconductBackground: In November 2003, a court ordered independent assessment confirmed that Dan was psychotic, “lacked capacity to Read More University of Minnesota Stonewalling Psychiatrists’ Gross Medical Misconduct
January 6, 2013 India Supreme Court Orders End to Illegal Clinical TrialsIn the past decade India had emerged as a preferred site for drug trials by multinational pharmaceutical Read More India Supreme Court Orders End to Illegal Clinical Trials
November 30, 2012 Have India’s Poor Become Human Guinea Pigs?The BBC report below is a devasting indictment of how clinical trials are conducted in India: Lawyers Read More Have India’s Poor Become Human Guinea Pigs?
October 10, 2012 India’s Dark Underbelly: Clinical Trial Business LiveMint & Wall Street Journal Clinical trials: Regulating chaos The first in a two-part series examining Read More India’s Dark Underbelly: Clinical Trial Business
June 5, 2012 J & J Suspends Prostate Cancer Drug Trial–Why?A dust storm is being kicked up following the announcement at the annual meeting of the American Read More J & J Suspends Prostate Cancer Drug Trial–Why?
April 11, 2012 Why Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Imaging Test- Amyvid- Is NO BreakthroughThe focus, in this instance, is not a therapeutic intervention, but rather a test using a radioactive Read More Why Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Imaging Test- Amyvid- Is NO Breakthrough
September 1, 2011 Presidential Panel Condemns US Syphilis Study in Guatemala A year after professor Susan M. Reverby, a historian at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, uncovered a Read More Presidential Panel Condemns US Syphilis Study in Guatemala
May 14, 2011 POGO to NIH: Stop Academic Ghostwriting PollutionPOGO reminds the director of the National Institutes of Health (posted below) that taxpayers provide the NIH Read More POGO to NIH: Stop Academic Ghostwriting Pollution
March 15, 2011 COI in Drug Studies Sneaking BackA McGill study analyzing 29 "studies of studies" (meta-analyses) found that important declarations of financial conflicts-of-interest in Read More COI in Drug Studies Sneaking Back
February 1, 2011 Charles Schulz under scrutiny for Seroquel study suicideOne of the most horrific recent cases of unethical, medical experimentation, concucted at a prestigious US university, Read More Charles Schulz under scrutiny for Seroquel study suicide
December 27, 2010 8 Professors demand independent investigation of death in clinical trialThe disturbing circumstances surrounding the enrollment and subsequent suicide of Dan Markingson (2004) after he was given Read More 8 Professors demand independent investigation of death in clinical trial