Medical Research Fraud and Corruption_Cong. Sting_Forged Consents
Another research scam uncovered by the GAO sting involved a "bogus IRB with a pet dog as its CEO."
AstraZeneca Silenced Drug Study Creates Uproar_WashPost
Study 15 was pivotal to AstraZeneca gaining FDA approval to market Seroquel. The burial of negative data suggests that the approval process was tainted and the drug's license should be recalled.
Deaths, A Consequence of Forced Psychotropic Drugs
"Whatever powers the Constitution has granted our government, involuntary mind control is not one of them, absent extraordinary circumstances." 1979, Judge Joseph L. Tauro
US Organ Harvesting in “Not Yet Dead” patients
Are you aware that if you are in an accident in the U.S. your organs may be surgically removed without your consent?
AACAP President Disingenuous RE: Psychiatric Drugs that Killed 4-year old
This young child represents millions of children in the United States who are falling prey to licensed, but irresponsible prescribers of toxic drugs.
IRB Forum Not Inclined to Discuss the Most Serious Issue of All
Unssuccessful effort to engage debate within the community of the authorized clinical research gatekeepers charged with protecting the safety and welfare of the human subjects of research–i.e., members of institutional review boards (IRBs–REBs in Canada).
Dangerous Deception: Hiding the Evidence of Adverse Drug Effects_NEJM
FDA's slip-shod approval of defective, harmful drugs, accompanied by rubber stampped endorsements by compromised FDA advisory committees may be reaching a boiling point.
Psychiatrist Challenges Ethics of Yale Drug Experiment
The ethics of this radical drug experiment is being challenged by Dr. Jerald Block, a forthright psychiatrist and experienced system's analyst. His critical appraisal, published in the Bioethics Forum, Hastings Center Report.
Conflicts of Interest Hopkins Study: Researchers Don’t Want to Disclose $$
Two surveys confirm medical researchers' resistance to complying with conflict of interest disclosure requirements.
Hopkins Study: Medical Consent Forms Confusing
Hopkins Study: Medical Consent Forms Confusing Wed, 19 Feb 2003 A Johns Hopkins study reviewed the template of informed consent forms of 114 campuses– nearly all the country’s accredited medical schools. It applied two widely used readability tests and found the consent forms approved by local institutional review boards (IRB)…
Ethics / Science of ARDS Controversy Continues – J Medical Ethics-BMJ
Ethics / Science of ARDS Controversy Continues – J Medical Ethics-BMJ Thu, 6 Oct 2005 The ethics and science of a controversial clinical trial sponsored by the US government and conducted at multiple sites by the ARDS Network comprising of prestigious academic medical centers is the subject of a continuing…