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Hazards

Disasterous Drug Trial_FDA New Rules Ensure More Disasters to Follow
March 28, 2006September 17, 2021

Unless Congress acts to overrule the FDA, research disasters such as occurred in London, when six healthy men were exposed to an experimental substance that brought them close to death, are likely to occur with increased frequency.

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Medical Safety Issues

FDA Approval process under fire–PML: Lethal side-effect–Tysabri: Multiple Sclerosis Drug
March 3, 2006November 21, 2014

“When Anita Louise Smith enrolled in an experimental drug trial in 2002 in Colorado, she had a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis but no symptoms and was looking to reduce the chances of being ravaged by the disease. Last year, she died at the age of 46 from an infection linked to the drug.”

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