THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Tel. 212-595-8974 142 West End Ave Suite 28P FAX: 212-595-9086 New York, NY 10023 www.ahrp.org December 5, 2002 Mr. Edward Swindell Acting Associate General Counsel for Ethics Office of General Counsel, Ethics Division Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence…
THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Tel. 212-595-8974 142 West End Ave Suite 28P FAX: 212-595-9086 New York, NY 10023 www.ahrp.org December 5, 2002 Mr. Edward Swindell Acting Associate General Counsel for Ethics Office of General Counsel, Ethics Division Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave. SW…
Recent public and professional debate about smallpox vaccine and its risks provides the framework for evaluating the ethical justification for conducting clinical trials on children. Dryvax is a particularly impure product made of live vaccinia virus harvested from the pustules of calves infected with (it is believed) cowpox. Although the vaccine, which is scratched on the skin, only causes mild infections in most people, in a small but significant number the infection caused serious adverse reactions similar to the complications of the disease they were designed to prevent: painful, disfiguring skin disorders, blindness, neurological impairments and death.
Homeland Security Bill – Eli Lilly Man in Bush Cabinet Tue, 19 Nov 2002 According to a biography on Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), Eli Lilly’s Man in the President’s Cabinet, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., sits on both Homeland Security and National Security Councils. Eli Lilly happens to be the defendant…
Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children The following comments supported the smallpox vaccine trial: I believe this is a necessary and very much needed trial. What if tomorrow smallpox was to become a problem? Since children are more susecptible to it, I am…
November 08, 2002 Investigative series finds kids drugged without cause – Journal News The Journal News, a regional NYS newspaper conducted a three month investigation of residential treatment centers (RTC) for troubled children in NYS. The findings reported in a 7-part investigative series show “a pattern of increasing use” of…
Documents Show Drug Company Promotion of Unproven Drug_NYT Tue, 29 Oct 2002 Internal company documents unsealed in a federal lawsuit reveal how the unholy alliance between doctors and drug companies has corrupted medical practice and defrauded the US taxpayer. Although it is illegal for drug companies to promote a drug…
Senate Passes Pediatric Research Equity Act Tue, 29 Jul 2003 Congress and the Bush Administration both are eager to test pharmaceutical products on children who cannot refuse to be test subjects. We at AHRP are in full agreement that medications used in children be thoroughly tested for safety, effectiveness and…
Lawsuits & press info RE: SSRI addiction / suicide risk–not scientific literature Fri, 25 Oct To gain knowledge about the scope of a serious threat to public health–i.e., severe adverse drug effects of antidepressant drugs– physicians and consumers must turn to the popular and alternative press, rather than “peer reviewed”…
Appeals Court reinstates Nigerian research case against Pfizer Tue, 14 Oct 2003 On Oct. 8, 2003, The US Court of Appeals for the Second District (NY) vacated and remanded the lower District Court decision (Sept. 26, 2002) that had dismissed a lawsuit brought on behalf of Nigerian children and guardians…
Serious Adverse Reaction in Gene Therapy- France & US Halt Trials October 4, 2002 Gene therapy treatment that appears to cure a rare immune disorder often referred to as "bubble boy disease” or SCID, caused by a mutation of the x chromosome in boys, were suspended in France and the…
Insead of producing drugs for recognized diseases, drug manufacturers are creating diseasesin order to sell their drugs.
