Anne, comments 1, 2, 3 are (more or less) short repeats… the others are more substantive so I separated them vera Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 6:07 AM Subject: RE: Docket No. 02N–0466 I DO NOT support the smallpox vaccine study, Docket No. 02N–0466. I oppose this study!!! Vaccines are…
Director of OHRP Dr. Greg Koski resigns Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 Dr. Greg Koski has tendered his resignation as director of the federal Office of Human Research Protections. We agree, in principle, with Dr. Koski’s assessment: “to preserve public trust in research, the scientific community must go beyond a…
Lawsuit filed re: ALLHAT Hypertension research death of human subject Thu, 17 Jul 2003 The Bureau of National Affairs reports: “Just months after a groundbreaking blood pressure study made headlines across the nation, a principal investigator in the trial and his team have been sued in connection with the death…
Protecting Human Subjects in Research: Are Current Safeguards Adequate? AHRP Testimony submitted to Congressional Committee April 23, 2002 Vera Hassner Sharav, President, and John H. Noble, Jr., Ph.D., steering committee member, The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), before the Subcommittee on Public Health, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, &…
Federal Investigation of ARDS Study (Accute Respiratory Distress) OHRP conducted a compliance oversight evaluation of the 12 major sites participating in this clinical trial. OHRP’s determination letters documenting the outcomes of these evaluations can be viewed at the OHRP website at the following URLs: Note: OHRP found that federal informed…
OHRP Found NHLBI Lung Experiments Violated Informed Consent Mon, 7 Jul 2003 On July 3 the federal Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) issued a stinging indictment of the research review and approval process at some of the nation’s most prestigious research institutions–including the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute…
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…
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 10a, 2002 U.S. Bio-Tech Start-ups Conducting CheapPreliminary Studies in China FYI Harvard University is not the only one exploiting China’spoor population for medical experiments. Violations of…
China Daily A farming family’s recollection 2003-09-25 http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-09/25/content_267233.htm Near-death experience after 55-year-old father of four inhales ‘fog-like’ spray China Features reporters XIONG LEI and WEN CHIHUA recently visited Zongyang County, in East China’s Anhui Province, to further dig into the allegations surrounding Harvard’s genetic studies in China. Their investigation was…
NHLBI director Dr. Lenfant is Retiring Thu, 3 Jul 2003 The retirement of Dr. Claude Lenfant, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) was announced today. Not mentioned in the press release is the heated controversy surrounding two clinical trials sponsored by the NHLBI, conducted by the…
Subject: Students call for ouster of researcher_AAMC COI guidelines Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:03:54 -0400 Students of the University of Pennsylvania reacted to the NBC’s Dateline airing of Jesse Gelsinger’s tragic death–a casualty of a lethal culture. In an editorial in the Daily Pennsylvanian (an independent student newspaper), the…
AHRP Alliance for Human Research Protection AHRP Speaks Out Return to Home Page AHRP Speaks Out Press Releases August 20b, 2001 The Scientist News reports on AHRP as New Advocacy Group to Police Human Research A group of patient and social justice advocates plan to form an Alliance for Human…
