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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.
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Bitter Medicine: Pills, Profit & the Public Health – ABC News
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 14:14:47 -0400 From: Vera Subject: Bitter Medicine: Pills, Profit & the Public Health_ABC News ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) A Human Rights Organization www.researchprotection.org Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav FYI On May 17 The Wall Street Journal reported (in a front page article) that drug…
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Harvard Study: Multivitamins Effective in Thwarting AIDS progress
Harvard Study: Multivitamins Effective in Thwarting AIDS progress Thu, 1 Jul 2004 A report in the New England Journal of Medicine may be the first serious challenge to the current accepted treatment of people infected with the HIV-virus. Those expensive and toxic cocktails of AIDS drugs may not be the…
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Death of Baby Prompts Scrutiny of Research Risks_St. Louis Post Dispatch
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…
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What’s New? – Alliance for Human Research Protection
To view AHRP news and infomails from 2006, please visit our new site. Infomails Subscribe to AHRP’s infomails At FDA, Graham is still the whistle-blower Loss of Trust: Big Drug Makers See Sales Decline With Their Image War hero’s death in clinical trial follows years of FDA neglect European perspective:…
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FDA: Regulatory Protections for Children. Comments by Sharav, Noble, & Fishman for AHRP
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,…
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FOIA: OHRP Investigation – Brigham and Woment’s Hospital
FOIA: OHRP Investigation – Brigham and Women’s Hospital Letter page one: Letter page 2: Letter page 3:
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OHRP Backtracks on Public Disclosure – BNA
September 5, 2002. OHRP Backtracks on Public Disclosure – Bureau of National Affairs FYI In Aug. 2000, when the Office of Human Research Protections replaced the former Office of Protection from Research Risks there was much talk about openness, accessibility, transparency and public accountability. One new feature was the posting…
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AP Exclusive: Top US Officials at NIH Knew of AIDS Drug Risks and Failed to Inform White House
AP Exclusive: Top US Officials at NIH Knew of AIDS Drug Risks and Failed to Inform White House Mon, 13 Dec 2004 The Associated Press reports: "Less than a month after Bush announced a $500 million plan to push nevirapine across Africa to slow the AIDS epidemic, the Health and…
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AHRP Speaks Out | Informed Consent Waivers | NIH -- Ethics Violations | Unethical Experiments | Vulnerable Groups
AHRP Letter to Editor re: ARDS published NEJM
AHRP Letter to Editor re: ARDS published NEJM Fri, 11 Jul 2003 A truncated version of a Letter to the editor submitted by John H. Noble, Jr., PhD and Vera Sharav appears in the current July 10, 2003, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Note: On April 3,…
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Johns Hopkins Lead Paint Experiment Endangers Children
Johns Hopkins University Experiment on Lead Paint Puts Children in Danger August 24, 2001 FYI Additional details are emerging about the lead-paint study conducted on infants and children by researchers at the Kenney Krieger institute which is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Today’s New York Times reports (below) that the…