Published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; June 2012 105:229 Authors: I Mattheij,1 AM Pollock,2 P Brhlikova3 Summary The Indian government suspended research in April 2010 on the feasibility and safety of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in two Indian states (Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat) amid public concerns about its safety. This paper describes cervical cancer […]
Path’s HPV Trials in India: Troubling Questions
[SaneVax: The questions Professor Allyson Pollock discusses with Newsclick regarding the Path sponsored Human Pappilomavirus Vaccine trials in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh are the same questions every government in the world should be asking. She brings up many troubling issues raised by such trials, not just the more controversial one surrounding the lack of informed consent. […]
Ethics Violations During HPV Vaccine Trials in India: Punitive Action Anticipated
[SaneVax: Last year India called a halt to two clinical trials of HPV vaccines being conducted under the title of ‘demonstration projects’ due to allegations of multiple serious ethics and safety violations. After much investigation, the Union health ministry is expected to initiate punitive actions. Let’s hope health authorities in other countries are watching, paying […]
GSK fined after over vaccine trials; 14 babies reported dead
Buenos Aires Herald February 3, 2012 By Javier Cardenal Taján BuenosAiresHerald.com staff GlaxoSmithKline Argentina Laboratories Company was fined 400,000 pesos by Judge Marcelo Aguinsky following a report issued by the National Administration of Medicine, Food and Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) for irregularities during lab vaccine trials conducted between 2007 and 2008 that allegedly killed 14 […]
Woman loses life to clinical trial drug
The Times of India January 28, 2012 WARDHANNAPET (WARANGAL): A 55-year-old tribal woman died after taking drugs for a clinical trial at Donga Chintha Thanda in Wardhannapet mandal in Warangal district on Friday. The incident set off alarm bells once again on the dangerous consequences of trials of this nature involving poor and innocent villagers. […]
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