Page 1 of 1: NEWS REPORT : Disciplined Docs Run Drug Trials for Pharmacy Companies

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Doctors who have been disciplined by medical boards still oversee drug-testing trials and are paid by pharmaceutical companies for their work, a newspaper analysis revealed.
A study of Minnesota state medical board records showed that more than 100 such doctors, at least two of whom have criminal fraud convictions, received a total of $1.7 million from drug makers from 1997 to 2005,The New York Timesreported Sunday.
Minnesota is the only state to make its records publicly available, but the newspaper cited experts as saying the problem was national.The Timesreports that medical ethicists say doctors who give experimental medicines should be chosen with care. And, it adds, the drug industry's own guidelines for clinical trials state, "Investigators are selected based on qualifications, training, research or clinical expertise in relevant fields."
The sanctions by the Minnesota state medical board ranged from reprimands to demands for retraining to suspension of licenses. Of 103 doctors, 39 had been penalized for inappropriate prescribing practices, 21 for substance abuse, 12 for substandard care and three for mismanagement of drug studies. A few cases received national news media coverage, but drug makers hired the doctors anyway, the analysis showed.
As one example, the newspaper cited Dr. Faruk Abuzzahab, who it said was accused a decade ago by the Minnesota board of a "reckless, if not willful, disregard" for the welfare of 46 patients, five of whom died in his care or shortly afterward. Abuzzahab's license was suspended for seven months and restricted for two years more, but the Minneapolis psychiatrist has been paid by at least a dozen drug companies for clinical trials or marketing since then, the newspaper reported.
In an interview with the newspaper, Abuzzahab dismissed the findings as "without heft" and said drug makers were aware of his record. He said he had helped study many of the most popular drugs in Psychiatry , including Paxil, Prozac, Risperdal, Seroquel, Zoloft and Zyprexa.

pearllysun · Credits: 12052 My Scrapbook My Reading List 25 Books

a real shocking info ! hard to digest .many thanks for providing this info !

best wishes
pearllysun.

rajju077 · Credits: 35355 My Scrapbook My Reading List 1 Books

Actually on the contrary, this was expected. I will try to post an older article that shows and proves FDA and Psychoactive drugs have relations beyond financial, and FDA manipulates its decisions regarding the drugs.

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I am really very much intrested to work in clincal trilas , I am based in Bangalore could u plz guide me how to find a job.

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pearllysun · Credits: 12052 My Scrapbook My Reading List 25 Books

good works monica keep it up .

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pearllysun

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