MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'institutional review board'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:43:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050579&cid=t_232853_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fincreasing-government-oversight-of-irbs-could-help-prevent-seeding-trials%2F2011.07.21 I thought I read the final chapter in the tale of Pfizer’s shady marketing practices for Neurontin years ago. Sadly, there’s at least one more chapter to go. Recall that in 2008, leaked documents from a US District Court revealed that Pfizer had covered-up the results of a clinical trial which showed the drug didn’t work for chronic nerve pain, even as it promoted off-label use of the anti-seizure drug for that purpose. The next year, it was revealed that Parke-Davis (now a subsidiary of Pfizer) took advantage of lax disclosure policies by certain medical journals to publish 13 articles promoting off-label use of Neurontin that were ghostwritten and funded by the company without disclosing such arrangements. Now, it has come to light that Parke Davis’ marketing department sponsored... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050579 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:00:20 +0100 5050579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455485&cid=t_232853_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FJX184xjbHIA%2F In December 2009, the Anesthesia & Analgesia journal published a study by Joachim Boldt, a prominent German anesthesiologist, but a few readers raised questions about the data and, after some digging around by the editor, the article was retracted last October. Now, though, a state medical association in Germany, where the research was supposedly conducted, investigated a long list of studies attributed to Boldt and released some startling findings. To wit, Boldt failed to take a required step: there was no evidence that he obtained Institutional Review Board approval to conduct research for 92 articles - count ‘em, 92. As you might imagine, this suggests dozens more retractions may be in the offing and further reviews have been under way, according to this letter from the edito... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455485 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:17:42 +0100 4455485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429225&cid=t_232853_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F0bIqSuEDX98%2F It seems to remain true that some people just can’t count. Take the folks at West Coast IVF Clinic in Beverly Hills. A corporate entitly that is connected to the operation, which endeavors to help couples conquer infertility, received a warning letter from the FDA for violating rules pertaining to Institutional Review Boards. And these were rather basic rules. To wit, federal law requires that IRBs have at least five members and one must be primarily concerned with so-called non-scientific matters (in other words, someone with a different background and mission). Also, no IRB member is allowed to participate in reviewing any project in which this person may have a conflict of interest. But an FDA inspection of the Napoli LLC, which is housed in the same Wilshire Boulevard location as... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429225 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:02:40 +0100 4429225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529781&cid=t_232853_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F-E9F5R-sVuw%2F By Glenna Crooks. Full disclosure – I’ve practiced yoga fairly consistently for decades. It’s been good for me. In grad school it helped me stay focused – and calmer – through killer statistics classes. Later, it was a way to unwind at the end of a workday. Still later, it saved me from surgery to correct fairly severe scoliosis. It’s not cured the deformity but I’m virtually pain free most of the time – no small feat for one who spends 18-24 hours on flights and 8 hours standing to facilitate meetings. More disclosure – I am certified to teach, though I don’t. The same erratic travel schedule that prevents attending classes on a regular basis precludes committing to teaching them. I trained to be able to practice on the road. It was a good investment of my time and fun... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529781 Tue, 04 May 2010 13:45:13 +0100 3529781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510428&cid=t_232853_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fpracticing-clinical-trials-medicine.html Another story of dubious clinical research, this time reported by the St Petersburg (Florida, US) Times:Vladimir Martin called himself 'doctor' and ran 17 clinical trials of new drugs for major pharmaceutical companies before one patient noticed he didn't have a medical license.The patient alerted the St. Petersburg Times, whose resulting story led to a state investigation. On Saturday, Martin, 43, was arrested on charges of practicing medicine without a license. He was later released from the Pinellas County Jail on $10,000 bail. The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and maximum fine of $5,000.The Clearwater man, who changed his last name from Kossatchev after moving to Florida in 2003, went to medical school in the former Soviet Union and practiced in a hos... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510428 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:50:00 +0100 2510428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2169792&cid=t_232853_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F09%2Fproblems-with-psychology-research-irbs%2F The Association for Psychological Science latest issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science has a few interesting articles about the research and publishing side of psychology. One of the articles that caught my eye was about Institutional Review Boards. There is a certain arbitrary nature when it comes to a university’s research review board. These committees, called Institutional Review Boards (or IRBs), are charged with protecting subjects from unethical or unscrupulous researchers’ practices. IRBs exist in a world unto their own. They are run under the auspices of the university and while ostensibly they’ve been setup primarily for patient protection, they’ve arguably morphed into something else in more recent times. Ceci & Bruck (2009) discuss thei... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2169792 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:51:05 +0100 2169792