Research Protection and Bioethics in the News

Noted dermatologist Albert M. Kligman dies. Associated Press. 2010-02-22
URL: http://www.philly.com/dailynews/national/84936787.html

Research Ties Diabetes Drug to Heart Woes. Gardiner Harris. New York Times. 2010-02-19
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/health/policy/20avandia.html

Baucus, Grassley Release Finance Committee Report of Diabetes Drug Avandia, Express Concern About FDA's Role in Protecting Patients in Ongoing Avandia Study. Committee on Finance Press Release. 2010-02-20: http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2010/prg022010.pdf

Senator Charles Grassley Letter to FDA Commissioner Hamberg RE: GSK's TIDE Trial. 2010-02-18: http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2010/prg022010b.pdf

Thiazolidinedione Intervention with Vitamin D Evaluation (TIDE) NCT00879970. Clinicaltrials.gov. Updated 2010-02-12: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00879970
NCT00879970 History of Changes. Accessed on 2010-02-21 at: http://clinicaltrials.gov/archive/NCT00879970

S. Prt. 111-41 Staff Report on GlaxoSmithKline and the Diabetes Drug Avandia. Committee on Finance. January 2010: http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2010/prg022010a.pdf

Call to end exclusion of elderly from drug trials. BBC News. 2010-02-01
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8487509.stm

'Callous, unethical and dishonest': Dr Andrew Wakefield. Brian Deer. The Times. 2010-01-31
URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article7009882.ece

Wakefield and autism: the story that will not go away. Nick Triggle. BBC News. 2010-01-28
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8481583.stm

MMR scare doctor 'acted unethically', panel finds. Nick Triggle. BBC News. 2010-01-28: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8483865.stm

Andrew J. Wakefield, John Walker-Smith, and Simon Murch: General Medical Council Fitness to Practice Panel Hearing 28 January 2010: http://www.circare.org/autism/gmcfpphearing_20100128.pdf
NB: Penalties, if any, are to decided at a future date by the General Medical Council.

Truth of the MMR vaccine scandal. Brian Deer. The Times. 2010-01-24
URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article6999713.ece

Doctor quits Brigham to speak for pay. Liz Kowalczyk. The Boston Globe. 2010-01-23
URL: http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/01/23/doctor_quits_brigham_to_speak_for_pay/

Wanted: Records of revoked grants. Jef Akst. The Scientist. 2010-01-20
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/templates/trackable/display/blog.jsp?type=blog&o_url=blog/display/57088&id=57088

OSR#1: Industrial chemical or autism treatment? Trine Tsouderos. The Chicago Tribune. 2010-01-17
URL: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-autism-chemicaljan17,0,6466364.story

Mass. doctor accused of fraud by faking research. Rodrique Ngowi. Associated Press. 2010-01-14
URL: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=111&sid=1864400

Springfield Anesthesiologist Charged With Falsifying Medical Research. U.S. Department of Justice Press Release. 2010-01-14. Accessed on 2010-01-22 at: http://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/Press%20Office%20-%20Press%20Release%20Files/Jan2010/ReubenScottPR.html

Scott Reuben, M.D. Criminal No. 10CR30003 USDC MA Information 2010-01-14: http://www.circare.org/lex/10cr30002_1_20100114.pdf

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Marusic M. Reviewer's Report: A systematic review of how homeopathy is represented in conventional and CAM peer reviewed journals. BMJ Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2005-04-25. Accessed on 2006-07-28 at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/imedia/1162554431678031_comment.pdf
- Caulfield T, DeBow S. A systematic review of how homeopathy is represented in conventional and CAM peer reviewed journals. BMJ Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2005;5:12. Accessed on 2006-07-28 at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/5/12
National Association of Science Writers. Reporting Cancers Cures Pt. 1. National Association of Science Writers web site. Undated. Accessed on 2007-02-13 at: http://web.archive.org/web/20021202070145/http://nasw.org/cancer1.htm
- Part 2: http://web.archive.org/web/20040811160056/nasw.org/cancer2.htm
- Part 3: http://web.archive.org/web/20040811161450/nasw.org/cancer3.htm

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