Charles Schulz under scrutiny for Seroquel study suicide
"This case goes beyond everything and anything, and this should have brought the house down on the university."
8 Professors demand independent investigation of death in clinical trial
Why the tragic case of Dna Markingson and the culpability of the University of Minnesota won’t go away…
Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity Fair
In 2008, 6,485 trials were conducted off shore with almost no FDA oversight. Seventy-eight percent of all human test subjects were enrolled at foreign sites.
Psychiatry Texbook Penned by Two Academic Leaders –GSK Ghosted
“To ghostwrite an entire textbook is a new level of chutzpah,” said Dr. David A. Kessler, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, after reviewing the documents. “I’ve never heard of that before. It takes your breath away.”
NY Times Corrects Gina Kolata Re: Alzheimer’s
Five weeks after publishing a grossly dis-informative front-page report by Gina Kolata about Alzheimer’s research,The New York Times published a lengthy three paragraph correction.
FDA Urges Florida Not to Bar Foster Kids From Psych Drug Trials
How many children in foster care serve as human guinea pigs in commercial drug trials?
Globalization of Pediatric Drug Trials–For Whose Benefit?
There is no evidence to indicate that children have been the beneficiaries of the Pediatric Exclusivity Provision of FDAMA (enacted in 1998): there is evidence that pharmaceutical companies have increased their profits from the legislation by at least $14 billion.
Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott
The catalyst for Dr. Elliott’s article was the tragic case of Dan Markingson, a 26-year old who committed suicide in May 2004, while enrolled in the CAFE trial, prescribed Seroquel. This case encapsulates the tragic consequences of a broken system which is not designed to detect the hazards for human subjects posed by market-driven research.
Ana Cantu was a Human Guinea Pig in a Drug Trial for $4,800
"The study started out with 20 subjects…For about a week there were 14 subjects. Then they started dropping…Now, we’re down to 7."
NYT Promotes Alzheimer’s Expansion
New York Times reporter Gina Kolata, broadcasts medical hype on the front page of the paper much the way Judith Miller broadcast hype fed to her by Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraq war lobby.[1]
Glaxo Is Testing Paxil on 7-Year-Olds Despite Well Known Suicide Risks
Despite the fact that children may be at highest risk of antidepressant-induced suicide, GlaxoSmithKline is testing Paxil on 7 to 18 year old Japanese children.
Another Florida Child a Casualty of Lethal Psych Drug Cocktail
“The way Dr. Punjwani treated Emilio Villamar and the manner in which these drugs were prescribed is a picture of everything that’s wrong with this industry and the relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical companies.”