Death of Baby Prompts Scrutiny of Research Risks_St. Louis Post Dispatch 16 Feb 2003 Eighteen month old, Daniella Rogers, died on May 3, 2002, two months after undergoing a clinical trial of chemotherapy treatments at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. When her parents, John and Oksana Rogers, learned that their baby…
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…
October 1, 2001 Text of AHRP Amicus Brief filed with the Maryland Court of Appeals in support of the Court’s ruling against Kennedy Krieger Institute for exposing children to lead poison in an experiment. The Court of Appeals Decision Validates AHRP’s Stand Against Using Children in Harmful Research Experiments. ___________________________________________________…
Pilots/ Children prescribed addictive stimulant drugs – “go pills” / “no go pills” – Christian Sci Monitor Fri, 20 Sep 2002 The Christian Science Monitor (below) reveals that performance-enhancing drug use by US military personnel is likely to escalate. To stay awake during long range bombing missions, U.S. pilots use…
Marcia Angell: The Body Hunters & The Constant Gardner Mon, 19 Sep 2005 Marcia Angell’s insightful and informative review of the film and John le Carre’s book, The Constant Gardner, needs no additional commentary: "On the basis of the research I did for my book I believe that most of…
US Research Community May Take Lessons in Medical Ethics from Cambodian Prostitutes Thu, 12 Aug 2004 The US medical research community may have to take lessons in medical ethics from Cambodian prostitutes. A clinical trial to test a drug used to treat HIV, Viread, for the prevention of AIDS, was…
ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Tel. 212-595-8974 Fax: 212-595-9086 142 West End Ave. Suite 28P New York, NY 10023 Co-founders: Vera Hassner Sharav, President John H. Noble, Jr., PhD, Treasurer David Cohen, Ph.D., Secretary March 27, 2003 March 27, 2003 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Dear…
FDA: regulatory protections for children. Comments submitted by Vera Hassner Sharav, John H. Noble, Jr., Ph.D and Howard Fishman, MEd, MSW for AHRP August 6, 2001 To: Dr. Bernard Schwetz Acting Commissioner Food and Drug Administration Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 Rockville,…
OHRP Response to AHRP re: Surrogate Consent to Research Office of the Secretary Department of Health & Human Services Office of Public Health and Science Office for Human Research Protections Rockville, Maryland E-mail: mcarome@osophs.dhhs.gov August 28, 2002 Vera Hassner Sharav President, The Alliance for Human Research Protection John H. Noble,…
Artificial Heart Implant Leads to Suit Over Consent Process Recipient’s Widow Says She and Her Husband Were Misinformed and Misled on Risks, Benefits By Debbie Goldberg Special to The Washington Post Saturday, November 30, 2002; Page A03 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54921-2002Nov29?language=printerwashingtonpost.com PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25 — When James Quinn, a 51-year-old Vietnam veteran dying…
Is This Permissible Medical Research? Fri, 27 Sep 2002 A federally funded experiment for the treatment of acute respiratory distress (ARDS) conducted at 12 major research centers, 1996-1999, has come under sharp criticism. The ARDS researchers sought to find a method for reducing the death rate among acutely ill patients…
Rutherford Files Mental Health Screening Lawsuit_Indiana / Fierce Opposition to TeenScreen Mounts – Pittsburgh Mon, 19 Sep 2005 The Rutherford Institute has just filed a lawsuit in Indiana challenging a school for subjecting a teenager to a mental health screening test – TeenScreen–without her parents’ knowledge or consent. After completing…
