Pfizer sponsoring unethical trials?
How can you run a drug trial without fully informing people of the risks?
The trial’s leader, Dr. Steven Nissen of the famed Cleveland Clinic, insists the PRECISION trial is crucial to determining which of a trio of painkillers are safest. The trial’s sponsor, drug maker Pfizer, echoes Nissen’s contention. But some public health experts argue that the trial is unethical, in part because human test subjects were not accurately informed of the risks. They say the trial may needlessly put patients at risk in order to get answers that, to a large extent, the medical community already has regarding Pfizer’s drug, Celebrex, and which would be clear if the FDA had not muddied the waters with its 2005 ruling.
It’s good to see some attention being given to this now.
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