On 20 Mar 2006 at 0:13, Jim Clark wrote: > This article [on the TGN1412 mishap] does not say much about the > suppression of negative effects in drug trials, which can happen and > indeed has happened in Canada. Suppression of negative effects could > of > course lead to more intensive exposures than warranted. See > discussion of Olivieri case at U of Toronto affiliated hospital on > the website of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. > http://www.caut.ca/en/issues/academicfreedom/default.asp
I seem to be the only TIPSter besides Jim still up tonight. So it'll have to be me who points out that the Olivieri case, celebrated in Canada as an example of dedicated scientist standing up to Big Pharma for truth and justice, may be less than it seems. For example, see a MacLean's magazine review of a book on the affair at: www.macleans.ca/culture/books/article.jsp?content=20050509_105255_105255 As for the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), of which I was a member for many years, I think there's also another version of the equally celebrated David Healy case than the one they tell, a case which touches on the same issues. My short version is that Healy was right about SSRIs causing an increased risk of suicide, but right for the wrong reasons. And while I'm beating up on the CAUT, I don't think much of their activism on the subject of asbestos either. But I guess we don't want to go there. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
