Ripping Off the Rights of Children Thu, 17 Apr 2003 “Parents are frustrated that corrupt politics are playing such a large role in their children’s fate. Many believe Sen. Frist has large financial ties to pharmaceutical companies and doesn’t care at all about the future of thousands of sick children.”…
CNN: Drug Argument Embroils Psychiatrists, Pharma Companies Sun, 30 Mar 2003 The seeds of doubt have begun to taken root and the media is beginning to ask probing questions about the unholy alliance that created the big lie resulting in the indiscriminate diagnosing of mental disorders. Even perfectly normal children…
Internal Documents: Bayer Knew of Baycol Dangers _NYT Sun, 23 Feb 2003 The New York Times reports that internal company documents show that Bayer Pharmaceuticals continued to sell the lethal anti-cholesterol drug, Baycol, despite knowledge that it caused rhabdomyolysis, which causes muscle cells to break down and their contents to…
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”…
<p> Canadian Lawsuit:Autism-Vaccine – Maclean’s </p> <p> Mon, 11 Nov 2002 </p> <p> Dr. Jeffrey Bradstreet: “It’s garbage to say there’s a reason to have residual neurotoxicity in an injectable for a child. It’s not a necessary risk.” </p> <p> While scientists are unsure whether the mercury based vaccine preservative,…
Subject: Kids are “hot ticket” in Rx drug market Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:39:52 -0400 According to MEDCO Health, which manages prescription drug plans, the records of 500,000 children under age 19 reveal that: “Kids have surpassed senior citizens as the hot ticket in the prescription drug market… Spending…
Insead of producing drugs for recognized diseases, drug manufacturers are creating diseasesin order to sell their drugs.
Dr. Jeffrey Levine, a psychiatrist from Albert Einstein dubbed this year's annual meeting in Philadelphia, "the American Psychiatric Association GlaxoSmithKline Convention."
Bitter Pill for David Healy: academia under pharma influence May 21, 2002 One wonders how many embarrassing causes celebres are needed before academic institutions take back control of the university from the corrosive influence of the pharmaceutical/ biotech industry? In 2000, Dr. David Healy may have been surprised by the…
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 17, 2002 Scandal: Scientists Take Cash forGhostwritten Papers FYI The pharmaceutical industry has gained unprecedentedcontrol over research data. The published papers ended up being written byghostwriters–company…
Coroner calls for withdrawal of Seroxat (PAXIL) March 13, 2002 Following the death of a 56 year old retired headmaster within two weeks of taking the antidepressant, Seroxat (PAXIL), a British coroner told a court “”I have grave concerns that this is a dangerous drug that should be withdrawn until…
Medicine: Once a wary watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration set out to become a "partner" of the pharmaceutical industry. Today, the public has more remedies, but some are proving lethal.
