FDA No Longer Requires Animal Testing Before Human Clinical Trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is no longer requiring pharmaceutical companies to test new drugs and biologics (vaccines) on animals prior to human clinical trials and licensure. This is a change that animal welfare advocates have been pushing for a long time. In December 2022, President Biden signed legislation ending a requirement that […]
White House Pressured Amazon to Censor Books Questioning Safety, Efficacy of Vaccines During Pandemic
White House officials pressured Amazon in 2021 to censor and minimize access to books on its online site that questioned the safety or efficacy of vaccines, according to e-mails released earlier this month by House Judiciary Committee Chairman, U.S. Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio. The campaign to curtail any vaccine-related book sales during the height […]
FDA Removes Informed Consent Protections from Some Human Clinical Trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that authorizes some experimental human clinical trials to operate without first obtaining informed consent from participants. The new rule, which took effect on Jan. 22, 2024, allows clinical investigations that pose no more than a “minimal risk” and have appropriate safeguards to protect […]
Artificial Intelligence Used in Health Care
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making its way into health care. It is increasingly being used to help doctors interpret tests, clarify diagnoses and identify which treatments may be most effective.1 According to a recent article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), some people even believe the use of AI has a place in addressing vaccine […]
Pharma Influences Diagnoses and Treatments in “Bible” of Psychiatric Disorders
A new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that 55 of the 92 American doctors who determine what diagnoses and treatments are included in the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) most recent edition of their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) collectively received more than $14 million in previously undisclosed industry funding.1 The APA’s […]
More Than Half of CDC Employees End Up Working for Pharma
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and Harvard University and published in the journal Health Affairs found that 54 percent of the staff members, who were employed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and left the federal health agency during 2004-2020, went on to work for […]
