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Research Protections and Bioethics News December, 2005

NB: Not all articles remain available on the internet.

Doctor's license suspended over cancer treatments. Bill Torpy. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2005-12-23.
URL: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/clayton/1205/23metdoctor.html

Related:   Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners. Summary Suspension of Totada Shantaveerapa M.D. Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners web site. 2005-12-23. Available from http://medicalboard.georgia.gov/vgn/images/portal/cit_11783501/46920912Shantaveerapa%20Order_20051223.pdf

United States vs. Totada Shantaveerapa M.D. a/k/a T.R. Shantha, M.D., and Dan U. Bartoli. Indictment. United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division. 2005-12-20. Quackwatch web site. Available from http://www.casewatch.org/doj/shantha/indictment.shtml

Rent-a-Researcher. Jennifer Washburn. Slate Online. 2005-12-22.
URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2133061/

Senate Panel Chairman Seeks U.S. Inspection Records on SFBC. Kristen Hallam. Bloomberg News. 2005-12-22.
URL: http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aH0rUD0yE7yY

Related:   Honorable Senator Charles E. Grassley. Press Release, Chairman Grassley says review will continue into allegations of problems with human subject drug research. 2005-12-22. Available from http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2005/prg122205.pdf

Honorable Senator Charles E. Grassley. Letter to Acting Commissioner of the FDA asking for account of FDA monitoring of human drug testing. 2005-12-19. Available from http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2005/FDA%20SFBC%20Letter.pdf

Honorable Senator Charles E. Grassley. Letter to SFBC International, Inc. requesting cooperation with committee review. 2005-12-16. Available from http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2005/SFBC%20Letter%202.pdf

Honorable Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General. Letter from the Inspector General for Health and Human Services to Chairman Grassley describing recommendations of last ten years for human drug testing efficacy. 2005-11-28. Available from http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2005/112805%20HHS.PDF

SFBC's Suspended VP of Legal Affairs Resigns (Update2). David Evans. Bloomberg News. 2005-12-19.
URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=specialreport&sid=aZmP4hdnAVNY&refer=news

Testing Drugs on India's Poor. Scott Carney. Wired News. 2005-12-20.
URL: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/1,69595-0.html

Journal Faults a Medical Group in a Dispute Over Independence. Ian Austen. The New York Times. 2005-12-19.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/business/media/19journal.html (Free registration required.)

Ties to Industry Cloud a Clinic's Mission. Reed Abelson and Stephanie Saul. The New York Times. 2005-12-17.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/business/17clinic.html?pagewanted=all (Free registration required.)

Gag money rejected. Phil Baty. The Times Higher Education Supplement. 2005-12-16.
URL: http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2026780

Hwang requests Science retraction. Stephen Pincock. The Scientist. 2005-12-16.
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20051216/02 (Free registration required.)

SFBC Drug Testers Have Tuberculosis After Exposure at Center. David Evans. Bloomberg News. 2005-12-15.
URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&sid=a90OZzPRlkaE&refer=columnist_evans

Related:   Tew Cardenas LLP and Winston & Strawn LLP. Report to Senator Grassley from Independent Counsel to the Board of Directors of SFBC International Inc., Concerning Allegations Related to SFBC in Bloomberg's November 2, 2005 Article, Big Pharma's Shameful Secret, and Bloomberg's Related Article of November 16, 2005. SFBC International Inc. web site. 2005-12-12. Available from http://www.sfbci.com/sfbc/upload/sfbc/banniere/sfbcrept.pdf

Dr. Hwang Dropped from Scientific American 50 for Faking Research. (Edd.) Science Magazine. 2005-12-15.
URL: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D550E-D624-13A1-962483414B7F0000&ref=sciam&chanID=sa003

More Deaths Are Linked to Device. Barry Meier. The New York Times. 2005-12-14.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/business/14device.html (Free registration required.)

SFBC Says Officials Allow Removing Signs on Building (Update2). David Evans and Kerry Dooley Young. Bloomberg News. 2005-12-13.
URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=specialreport&sid=as0F9UyPWf5c&refer=news

Fraud earns researcher time in jail. Anne Harding. The Scientist. 2005-12-13.
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20051213/01 (Free registration required.)

Ethics for Sale. Carl Elliott and Trudo Lemmens. Slate Online. 2005-12-13.
URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2132187/

Gene-Therapy Tried for Parkinson's. Lauran Neergaard. Associated Press (WA). 2005-12-12.
URL: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051212/D8EESAO02.html

Major Painkiller Trial to Start. Amanda Gardner. Healthday. 2005-12-13.
URL: http://www.drkoop.com/newsdetail/93/529666.html

Furor erupts at medical journal. Helen Branswell. The Globe and Mail. 2005-12-12.
URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051213/HJOURNAL12/National/Idx

Taking a Shot for Science. Susan Levine. The Washington Post. 2005-12-08.
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/07/AR2005120702302.html (Free registration required.)

Doctor accuses drugs giant of 'unethical' secrecy. Jo Revill. The Observer. 2005-12-04.
URL: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1657302,00.html

SFBC Cuts Bed Capacity by 48% Amid Test Center Probe (Update3). David Evans. Bloomberg News. 2005-12-01.
URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=specialreport&sid=a_1gZz960nYM&refer=news#

Related:   Photos, Miami-Dade Building Department inspection of 11190 Biscayne Boulevard (SFBC International Inc. in Miami, FL).
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Interior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0043.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Interior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0004.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Interior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0032.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Interior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0026.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Interior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0025.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Interior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0012.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Interior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0006.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0048.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0049.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0047.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0051.jpg
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0076.JPG
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0070.JPG
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0066.JPG
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093900-0067.JPG
SFBC International Inc., 11190 Biscayne Blvd. Exterior 2005-11-23:   http://bldgappl.miamidade.gov/pictures/2006093901-0077.JPG
Source:   Miami-Dade Building Department. Case Number: 2006093900 Unsafe Structures. Addresss: 11190 Biscayne Boulevard. Folio Number: 30-2232-008-0030. Available at:   http://www.miamidade.gov/bldg/regulation.asp. Accessed 2005-12-02.


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