Doctors, Too, Ask: Is This Drug Right? Thu, 30 Dec 2004 Much to their professional embarassment, doctors are finding that they have been fed a pack of lies by smooth talking pharmaceutical company sales reps, who persuaded them that the new, and (always) more expensive drugs provided a greater benefit…
Contracts Keep Drug Research Findings Concealed – NY Times Mon, 29 Nov 2004 I. A front page article in the New York Times focuses on academia’s role (culpability) in keeping mum about the unpublished antidepressant clinical trial results. The unnamed focus of the article is the industry-supported American College of…
Bradshaw cancels appearance after SSRI-Citizen Press Release Announced Protest Fri, 13 Aug 2004 FDA’s failure to enforce the law that requires drug companies to tell the truth in their drug advertisements and promotions about the safety and effectiveness of their drugs, has prompted citizen groups to take the initiative and…
FDA Protects Pfizer: Removes Advisory Panelist for Citing Evidence Bextra Similar to Vioxx – WSJ Fri, 12 Nov 2004 Even as the Vioxx casualties are still being counted, even as FDA’s conduct is under Congressional investigation, the FDA office of new drugs has taken action to obstruct evidence-based safety evaluation…
Complaint to FDA: Pfizer Failed to Disclose Zoloft Suicide Risk in NYT Adverstisement Mon, 1 Nov 2004 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 November 1, 2004 Thomas W. Abrams Director Office…
Pfizer Zoloft Warnings to Canadian Doctors Contrast to US – FDA Caves In to Pharma lobbying Thu, 10 Feb 2005 The FDA has, once again, quietly colluded with industry, compromising the safety of children’s lives to maintain drug manufacturers’ cash flow. After two FDA advisory committee hearings (Feb 2-3 and…
Senator Says FDA Asked Canada NOT to Suspend Adderall, Drug used for ADHD – NYT Fri, 11 Feb 2005 The New York Times reports that not only has the FDA failed to act to protect children and adults from a drug that has been linked to about 20 sudden deaths,…
18% decrease SSRI use in Youth – NYT / Suicide Risk Not New – Globe / Prozac no different Tue, 21 Sep 2004 The FDA failed to stop drug manufacturers from flooding the air waves and the scientific literature with false and scientifically invalid claims-based on partial data. “The FDA…
AHRP Press Briefing September 14, 2004 Antidepressants and Suicide-Related Risks for Children Scientists’ Presentations at AHRP Press Briefing in Conjunction with FDA Hearings: Peter Mansfield, MD, University of Adelaide (Australia), Director of Healthy Skepticism discussed the illusion of potency in light of the meta-analyses in the British Medical Journal (which…
FDA’s Waiting Game Exposes Children to Preventable Risks Comments by Vera Hassner Sharav President The Alliance for Human Research Protection Submitted to FDA Advisory Committee Psychopharmacological Drugs Advisory Committee and Pediatric Subcommittee Drugs Advisory Committee September 13-14, 2004 Meeting RE: Suicidality Associated with Antidepressant Drug Treatment The Alliance for Human…
ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) 142 West End Ave. Suite 28P, New York, NY 10023 ***PRESS RELEASE*** September 11, 2004 Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav, President, AHRP Tel. No: 212-595-8974 Cell: 917-375-5083 ***AHRP PRESS BRIEFING*** Re: Antidepressants and suicide-related risks for children When: September 14, 2004, 12:00 P.M. Where: Holiday…
