A group of scientists and doctors have written to the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary expressing their concerns about the rising problems of drug failures and adverse drug reactions. In an open letter published...
Posted 03 Jun 2011
As an emergency doctor, I remember smiling at a medical textbook description of the idealised Casualty department. The fantasy regime offered time for plenty of diligent study – periods that were punctuated by exciting flurries...
Posted 08 Nov 2010
Today (Tuesday 12th October) marks the launch of a new campaign aimed at putting an end to poisoning tests in non human primates. The group Antidote Europe has teamed up with BBC wildlife presenter Dr...
Posted 11 Oct 2010
An investigation by the Wales on Sunday newspaper has revealed that animal experiments at Cardiff University have risen by 13% since 2006. In the past four years, the University used more than 190,000 animals in...
Posted 11 Aug 2010
New figures have revealed that three people a day die from the side effects of medicines they have been prescribed.
Posted 14 Jun 2010
More than 90 per cent of scientists who backed a drug at the centre of a safety scare had financial links to the pharmaceutical industry, and 87 per cent had financial links with the drug's...
Posted 19 Mar 2010
The latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) was unveiled in draft form this week by the American Psychiatric Association. The DSM provides diagnostic criteria for mental disorders, and...
Posted 12 Feb 2010
On Sunday, details emerged concerning shocking experiments being conducted on live pigs at Porton Down, a secretive military research centre in Wiltshire. In a series of tests, 18 live pigs were placed just a few...
Posted 25 Jan 2010
The world’s largest drugs company, Pfizer, has been fined a record sum for making false claims about four prescription medicines.
Posted 03 Sep 2009
The world’s largest drugs company, Pfizer, has been fined a record sum for making false claims about four prescription medicines. The company pleaded guilty to the charge and is paying a criminal fine of $1.3bn...
Posted 03 Sep 2009