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…
The BMJ news report (below) is included in the Congressional Record transcript of the Congressional hearing at which FDA officials were grilled about why they prevented Dr. Andrew Mosholder from delivering his analysis report of the pediatric antidepressant clinical trials. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/12jan20051100/www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house/pdf/108hrg/96099.pdf
Clinical Trials Controversy Spotlights Flawed System – Psychiatric News Mon, 19 Jul 2004 Recent independent analyses of the published and unpublished SSRI antidepressant pediatric data submitted by manufacturers to the FDA reveal not only that a disparity exists between published and unpublished data, but it becomes increasingly clear that the…
FDA Squelches an Article Raising Doubts on Safety Of Device to Repair Artery – WSJ Fri, 9 Jul 2004 A front page article in The Wall Street Journal exposes another case of safety data suppression by the FDA. The case involves a device to repair the heart artery which FDA’s…
Conflict of Interest: Profits vs Safety Congressional Investigations US Senators Pharmaceutical industry holdings, 2004: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/SenPharma.pdf Oct 12: How Did the Vioxx Debacle Happen? USA Today / Lancet Oct 4: Op Ed: Psychiatry on the Ropes–WP / Evidence-based Psychiatry Oct 3: BBC PANORAMA TONIGHT – Taken on Trust – 13 years-Medical…
Law Suits and Court Decisions Sep 15 2005: FDA Amicus Curiae–Kallas–claims FDA infallibility pre-empts state safety laws (warning: 1.6 MB file) Aug 6 2004: Psychiatrist Scolds the APA After Winning Distinguished Fellow Award/ NYC Sues 44 Pharma Companies Aug 5: Pfizer issues prosecutors a manual to defend drug – Star…
Scientists Decode Secret of Getting NIH Grants – WSJ Mon, 28 Jun 2004 The Secret of Getting Grants: Marketing Helps University Win $350 Million a Year, by Bernard Wysocki, a front page article in The Wall Street Journal, provides insight into an iron triangle that controls medical research. This triumvirate…
NYS Attorney General files suit against GlaxoSmithKline for Concealing Drug Information Wed, 2 Jun 2004 The most positive development in the antidepressant drug saga is the filing of a much needed lawsuit by Eliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General. The suit charges GlaxoSmithKline with having “engaged in repeated and…
Psychiatrist Scolds the APA After Winning Distinguished Fellow Award/ NYC Sues 44 Pharma Companies Fri, 6 Aug 2004 After receiving a 50-year “distinguished fellow award” from the American Psychiatric Association in May, 2004, Alex Braiman, M.D. a practicing psychiatrist, wrote a letter acknowledging that the APA’s “advocacy of unsupported “biologic”…
Family Wonders if Prozac Prompted School Shootings Sat, 26 Mar 2005 The New York Times reports that family members of Jeffe Weise, the Mennesota student who went on a shooting rampage, believe that Prozac "could have been the final straw" that triggered Weise to kill. “They kept upping the dose…
Pfizer issues prosecutors a manual to defend drug – Star Ledger Thu, 5 Aug 2004 In the May 14, 2004, settlement of a lawsuit initiated by a whistleblower, Pfizer pleaded guilty to criminal fraud in the promotion of Neurontin, and agreed to pay $430 million. https://ahrp.org/infomail/04/05/16.php A report in The…
Tell the Truth About Antidepressants On Drug Labels & in Medical Journals Thu, 16 Sep 2004 An April, 2004 editorial in the New York Times noted: “What seems most astonishing is the skimpy evidence that these drugs work at all in most young patients.” What is astonishing is how the…
