Ethics Policy Announced for NIH Officials – LAT Tue, 2 Mar 2004 This is a case demonstrating the power of the press ( the “fourth estate”) in its most important role providing a check on the abuse of government power. An investigative report by David Willman, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist…
NIH Expert on Safe Drug Research Seeks Whistleblower Protection Tue, 14 Dec 2004 In the wake of the Associated Press investigative report about unethical NIH-sponsored AIDS research involving infants and pregranant women Africa, and charges of misconduct by high officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Senate Finance Committee…
Stealth Merger: Drug Companies and Medical Research at NIH – LAT Sun, 7 Dec 2003 Los Angeles Times reporter, David Willman, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize (1994, 2001) has once again demonstrated what fine investigative journalism is about. His investigative series in 2000 put the spotlight on conflicts of…
AHRP has been closely monitoring pediatric research trends since passage of the FDA Modernization Act of 1997. We believe that medications used in children should be thoroughly tested for safety, effectiveness and appropriate dose. But unlike adults who can exercise their autonomous right to informed consent, children who are enrolled in clinical trials are non-consensual human subjects. They should not, therefore, be made to assume the burden of testing possibly toxic drugs whose safety is unknown.
A Come Back for Psychosurgery? Wed, 6 Aug 2003 The Los Angeles Times reports that experimental psychosurgery is once again on the rise – at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital and Brown University. It is acknowledged that “Researchers still do not fully understand how the operations affect the brain, or why”……
Brainstorm to Breakthrough: A Surgical Procedure is Born – NYT Mon, 4 Aug 2003 Two contrasting reports about experimental surgical procedures: The New York Times reports about a breakthrough surgical procedure to lengthen the intestine in babies born with an intestine so short it is dysfunctional and they are at…
UCLA Researcher Violated Federal Rules_LAT Thu, 17 Apr 2003 The Los Angeles Times reports (below) that a UCLA research oversight board (a.k.a. IRB) found that a microbiology professor had violated federal regulations and UCLA policy for the protection of human subjects by evaluating data and biological samples brought to the…
Smallpox Vaccine Testing on Kids Blocked_LAT Wed, 9 Apr 2003 The Los Angeles Times reports that the federal government turned down the proposed clinical trial to test the controversial smallpox vaccine on 40 small children, aged 2 to 5 years old. The Alliance for Human Research Protection is proud to…
February 24, 2003 LA Times Editorial: Honest Medical Research The Los Angeles Times calls upon the NIH to use Congress’ largesse “to counter the influence of private funding on science.” It is no longer disputed that the pharmaceutical industry has undermined the integrity of the scientific literature by substituting bone…
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…
References for THE IMPACT OF THE FDA MODERNIZATION ACT ON THE RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN FOR RESEARCH Vera Hassner Sharav Published in ETHICAL HUMAN SCIENCES & SERVICES Summer 2003, vol. 5 pp. 83-108 Agency for Health Care Research & Quality. (1999). Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Summary, evidence Report / Technology assessment…
THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Tel. 212-595-8974 142 West End Ave Suite 28P FAX: 212-595-9086 New York, NY 10023 www.ahrp.org December 5, 2002 Mr. Edward Swindell Acting Associate General Counsel for Ethics Office of General Counsel, Ethics Division Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave. SW…
