The New York Times reports: "For big drug companies, the new Medicare prescription benefit is proving to be a financial windfall larger than even the most optimistic Wall Street analysts had predicted."
AHRP applauds the California chapter of the NAACP for unanimously passing a resolution to end the abusive prescribing of psychotropic drugs for children in foster care!
Off-label prescribing of drugs for unapproved uses puts consumers at high risk of harm–but it is the single most lucrative marketing strategy.
Today's news report circulated by the media about the negative findings of a much touted, but uncontrolled observational study of depression (STAR*D) promotes the business interests of SSRI antidepressant drug manufacturers.
An Orwellian nightmare is being implemented on infants even as the evidence demonstrates that the psychiatry's practice guidelines are corrupted by
industry.
Medical researchers who commit fraud and research misconduct are caught only when a person of conscience steps up to the plate and blows the whistle. There are no systemic, independent checks and balances to prevent research fraud or abuse of patients.
Dissenting Opinion: Against Waiving Parental Permission for Research July 25, 2001 To: Mary Faith Marshall, Ph.D, Chairperson, National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee Department of Health and Human Services Re: Specific Comment on FDA’s Decision to Adopt HHS 45 CFR 46 Subpart D, EXCLUDING §46.408 (c) Dissenting opinion of Vera…
FDA response to AHRP procedural questions From: Cerny, Igor Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:52 AM To: Cc: Patel, Anuja; Laughren, Thomas P Subject: RE: FDA Advisory Committee Meeting: Procedural Concerns Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Dear Ms. Sharav: Thank you for your email of December 1,…
Testimony Submitted to the Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP) by Vera Hassner Sharav and Marie M. Cassidy, Ph.D, D.Sc. April, 2001 AHRP recognizes that to include children in clinical trials for any medication presents a dilemma of truly Solomonic proportions. It is a choice between continuing the practice of…
FDA Advisory Suicide Risk for Adults on Antidepressants / Advisory Committee Resistant to issue Warnings on ADHD drugs Fri, 1 Jul 2005 Under public and congressional pressure to disclose fully the hazardous effects of widely prescribed drugs, the FDA is beginning to acknowledge the long-denied evidence: psychotropic drugs may INDUCE…
Pharma Ethics: Merck CEO Resigns – Vioxx deceptive Marketing / AIDS drug experiments Foster Kids Fri, 06 May 2005 Merck CEO Raymond Gilmartin, resigned abruptly after he spent 11 years at the helm. The Washington Post reports the resignation “came on a day when Merck was sharply criticized in a…
Judge Rules On Anthrax Vaccine Sun, 10 Apr 2005 In the latest ruling by a U.S. Federal court, judge, Emmet Sullivan, ruled that under the new Bioshield law, in an emergency the Pentagon is authorized to give experimental drugs and vaccines to service personnel. However, the judge ruled, the Defense…
