Dear Mike D Here is another matter relating to establishement health skullduggary for you to "vet."
The Associated Press Sep 1 2000 10:25AM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A husband and wife involved in testing a cancer drug have been sentenced to prison for falsifying results that helped the drug win federal approval. Harry W. Snyder was sentenced Thursday in federal court to three years in prison and his wife, Renee Peugeot, to 2 1/2 years for conspiracy, mail fraud and making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration. They were also ordered to make restitution of $26,000 to the FDA. A jury in March found that the couple falsified data from clinical trials conducted between 1994 and 1995 on BCX-34, an experimental drug to treat psoriasis and skin cancer. Prosecutors said the two planned to cash in when the company's stock prices rose on news of the drug's effectiveness. Snyder, a former BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. vice president, oversaw clinical development. Peugeot was a nurse who helped run the drug trials. BioCryst reported the irregularities to the FDA in 1995 and admitted that earlier test results were misleading. At the time the Snyders were indicted, BioCryst said authorities made assurances that neither the company nor any other employee would be targeted in the investigation. The judge allowed the pair, now Texas residents, to remain out on bond pending appeal. Barb Michael Lee Finney [email protected] [email protected] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
