Written by Alex on June 20, 2010 – 10:50 am
This would allow a doctor to “ask the patient if he or she was interested in participating” in the trial. It doesn’t seem to have occurred to anyone that if your doctor “asks” you to take part in a trial it’s tantamount, for many patients, to the doctor suggesting or recommending that you take part or that you at least seriously consider it.
Written by Alex on July 10, 2009 – 9:19 am
Dr. Scott Gottleib, a former deputy commissioner at the FDA, reviewed Chasing Medical Miracles favorably in today’s Wall Street Journal…
“Mr. O’Meara is adept at portraying clinical trials and in discussing ethical concerns — about CROs possibly skewing results to favor the interests of the drug companies that hire them, and about the financial incentive for clinical-trial applicants to lie about their medical history. “
Written by Alex on December 3, 2008 – 10:50 pm
Clinical trials in third world and other foreign countries are facing closer examination following several deaths, according to the Wall Street Journal. The article by Shirley S. Wang, Geeta Anand, and Jeanne Whalen, describes the unfortunate and wrenching death of an infant in India who was enrolled in a trial. The story says more scrutiny [...]