Yale Screening High School youth for Schizophrenia_BostonGlobe
Yale engages in fishing expedition in to expand neuroleptic drug market.
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Why did OHRP SHRED informed consent documents? Sat, 25 Oct 2003 China Daily’s premier medical correspondent, XIONG LEI, raises embarrassing questions that should trouble Americans, not just the bioethics and research community. She makes a plea for justice for some 200,000 Chinese farmers who were used in 12 genetic experiments…
Harvard research in China: Open Letter to Pres. Summers
Harvard research in China: Open Letter to Pres. Summers Sat, 12 Apr 2003 On May 15, 2002, The Boston Globe reported that Lawrence Summers, the President of Harvard University, “expressed deep regret that a dozen Harvard-run genetic studies in China failed to give test subjects adequate information about potential pitfalls.”…
Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Trials
Presented by Vera Hassner Sharav
14th Tri-Service Clinical Investigation Symposium
Sponsored by The U.S. Army Medical Department and The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancment of Military Medicine
The cornerstone of public trust in medical research is the integrity of academic institutions and the expectation that universities, which rely on public funding, have a responsibility to serve the public good. Financial conflicts of interest affect millions of American people – those who are subjects of clinical trials testing new drugs and those who are prescribed drugs after their approval.
Sharav Presentation before US Army Medical Dept., May 6, 2002
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Presented by Vera Hassner Sharav 14th TRI-SERVICE CLINICAL INVESTIGATION SYMPOSIUM Sponsored By THE U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT And THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE May 5-7, 2002 The cornerstone of public trust in medical research is the integrity of academic institutions and…
InfoMail for April 29, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 29, 2002 China Daily: Harvard Project ViolatesFarmers’ Rights FYI American experiments on impoverished populations inunderdeveloped countries needs much more oversight than seems to have beenprovided. XIONG…
Institute of Medicine worries that public trust is threatened by deaths
April 4, 2002. Boston Globe. Institute of Medicine worries that public trust is threatened by deaths. By Michael Kranish and Alice Dembner. The IOM report did not satisfy some longtime observers. ”The IOM committee, headed by a Harvard University dean, disingenuously recommended entrusting `the responsibility for ensuring that protective rules…
InfoMail for March 31, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav March 31, 2002 Harvard research jeopardizedthe welfare of disadvantaged Chinese people while violating federal regulations. FYI Sadly, Harvard joins the list of prestigious academicresearch institutions that have…
InfoMail for March 15, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav March 15, 2002 Seattle Times Reports 6 More FamiliesSue Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center FYI The Seattle Times reports that 6 additional families havefiled lawsuits against The Fred…
InfoMail for March 14, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav March 14, 2002 Whistle-Blower SaysMarketers Broke the Rules to Push a Drug (Neurontin) FYI The New York Times reports that court papers in a civillawsuit "may provide a…
InfoMail for March 4, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav March 4, 2002 Mind Drugs May Hinder Recovery FYI Robert Whitaker, author of Mad in America, adocumented critique of the mistreatment of schizophrenic patients in the U.S.,has…
AHRP Press Release Re: Maryland Court of Appeals Decision
AHRP Alliance for Human Research Protection AHRP Speaks Out Return to Home PageAHRP Speaks Out Press ReleasesOctober 29, 2001 FYI Widely disparate perspectives are presented in an article in the Maryland Daily Record re: The Court of Appeals of Maryland decision (Gimes v Kennedy Krieger Institute, Aug 16, 2001). That…