Infomail 2005 News Stories on Human Research Protection and Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav Subscribe to the AHRP infomail list Dec 16: Drugs, Devices & Doctors – NYT Paul Krugman Dec 11: Scientific Fraud & Corruption on Both sides of Atlantic: Merck / Proctor & Gamble Dec 11: Gov Accountability…
DHHS Reverses its Legal Position Petitioning FOR Federal Whistleblower Protection for Dr. Fishbein Thu, 3 Feb 2005 The Washington Post reports: “Department of Health and Human Services filed a legal petition this week in support of an employee the department is trying to fire. HHS told the Merit Systems Protection…
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Panel Misses the Point re Test Subjects October 3, 2002 See also the following Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences documents: IOM Report: Responsible Research: A Systems Approach to Protecting Research Participants. Oct. 3, 2002 (Adobe Acrobat document) IOM Public Briefing – October…
Soldier’s Death Tied to Vaccines / Experimental Ebola vaccine attracts no volunteers Wed, 19 Nov 2003 Two civilian medical panels that looked into the death of 22-year old Army reservist, Rachel Lacy, agreed that the death was “probably” or “possibly” an adverse reaction to a vaccine. Since Specialist Lacy had…
Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children I find this study to be unnecessary and wasteful. If the desired outcome is to discover if we can stretch our supply of the vaccine, it seems wise to me to trade some of our $300 toilet…
Abuses Endangered Veterans in Cancer Drug Experiments – NYT Sun, 6 Feb 2005 Paul H. Kornak pleaded guilty to fraud, making false statements and criminally negligent homicide in the death of an Air Force veteran, James DiGeorgio – one of the patients he used as subjects in medical experiments that…
Fast growing business: Unethical clinical trials in India – Asia Times Tue, 27 Jul 2004 Asia Times reports: “India increasingly emerges as a preferred destination for outsourcing clinical trials – testing of new drugs on humans – the country may also be heading toward providing the greatest source of human…
Science Reporters Don’t Notice Conflicts of Interest Tue, 3 Dec 2002 An article by Neil Munro, in The Washington Monthly (below) exposes a journalistic failure by major science reporters. By examining how The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Chicago Tribune have reported stem cell and cloning research,…
China Daily update: Harvard genetic research in rural China Wed, 1 Oct 2003 “It’s the responsibility of the dean of the School of Public Health and, ultimately, it’s my responsibility as president of [Harvard] university to see to it that where wrong can be put right it is and, more…
Cover Letter – AHRP Ethical and Scientific Objections to FDA’s Proposed Licensure of Anthrax Vaccine related links: Comments Submitted to FDA re Anthrax Vaccine (312K pdf) Who Is Protecting The Public Health? By Meryl Nass, Z Magazine March 29, 2005 Lester Crawford, Ph.D., D.V.M. Acting FDA Commissioner U. S. Food…
Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children Personally, I think it’s a bad idea to test the smallpox vaccine on children. Especially because of side effects. I can’t imagine anyone I know who has a child between theses agea allowing their child to be…
Hutch Settles consent Case out of court – Seattle Times Thu, 16 Jan 2003 The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has settled a lawsuit that charged the institution with ethical/legal violations in a fatal cancer trial. The case was brought to light in a superb, 5-part, prize winning series by David…
