Cold-Blooded Pharmaceuticals During the Cold War: East Germany ‘Stasi’ Secretly Sold Human Beings To Western Pharmaceuticals For Clincal Trials

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242825/East-Germanys-Stasi-secret-police-sold-citizens-western-pharmaceutical-companies-use-human-guinea-pigs-drug-trials.html East Germany’s secret police sold citizens to western pharmaceutical companies to use as human guinea pigs in drug trials Tens of thousands tested with experimental drugs not approved in the West One study of a drug for heart conditions saw six out of 17 patients die Sinister practice exposed in disturbing new Germany documentary […]

From statins to sugar: The ‘Chemputer’ which can give you any drug or organic material using a 3D printer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2177604/From-statins-sugar-The-Chemputer-drug-organic-material-using-3D-printer.html PUBLISHED: 04:40 EST, 23 July 2012 | UPDATED: 05:50 EST, 23 July 2012 Jump forward a few years, and we may find the humble pharmacy resigned to the history bin. For a professor, described as a ‘one-man catalyst, has taken a commercially available 3D printer, and adapted it to inject organic-based inks into tube-like […]

Prescription painkillers overtake car crashes as leading cause of accidental death in America

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2162050/Prescription-painkillers-beat-car-crashes-leading-cause-accidental-death-America.html Follows celebrity deaths from painkillers including Michael Jackson and Heath Ledger Non-medical prescription painkillers cost the U.S. economy $72.5billion a year By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 06:11 EST, 20 June 2012 | UPDATED: 09:08 EST, 20 June 2012 Prescription painkillers have topped car accidents as the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., according […]

Scientists say unreported drug data a health hazard

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/drugs-trials-data-idUSL6E8C30PX20120104?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssHealthcareNews&rpc=22 Tue Jan 3, 2012 7:01pm EST Studies find haphazard and incomplete data disclosure Can mean clinical decisions based on inadequate evidence By Kate Kelland LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Unreported data from early trials of experimental medicines in humans can result in harm to future patients and needless costs for health systems, according to […]