AAP Rep. to Federal Vaccine Board on payroll of Merck, Sanofi Aventis, GlaxoKline, Wyeth, Merck Laboratories

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What do you have to do to have a conflict-of-interest in the eyes of the American Academy of Pediatrics? Margararet Rennels, MD, the official AAP representative to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is also on or has been on the payroll of Merck, Merck Laboratories, Sanofi Aventis, Wyeth Vaccines, and GlaxoKline. She will be making a presentation at the AAP Convention on the vaccine industry's plans for our children in the next 3 years. Prepare for evermore vaccines.

See the following for confirmation:

http://www.idsociety.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home & CONTENTID=10156 & TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm

The ACIP is not some unimportant federal commission, and they are anything but "advisory". This is the federal board that decides what is the "recommended schedule" of vaccines. Most states will adopt these recommendations without question and make them mandatory for children to attend school or daycare. In effect, the ACIP are the Federal Vaccine Commissars.

And the truly frightening thing about this is that conflicts of these types are the norm on the ACIP. If a member of the Security and Exchange Commission had similar conflicts they would be guilty of a felony. In the world of public health it is a standard operating procedure. And who are they working for, our children's health or their employers bottom line?

Here's more conflicts from the ACIP meeting minutes for February:

Those reporting potential conflicts of interest were Dr. Greg Poland (grants from Chiron, VaxGen, and Merck Research Laboratories), Dr. Treanor (Wyeth, MedImmune), and Dr. Levin (clinical trials for GlaxoKline [GSK], Merck, and Merck’s DSMB).

Check them out and others at:

http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ACIP/minutes/acip-min-feb05.rtf

Here's a synopsis of Rennels presentation:

Vaccine Update: The Next 1000 DaysS356Monday, October 10, 2005 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

The U.S. immunization program has been enormously successful inimproving the health of infants, children and adolescents. The nearfuture holds hope for the program to be raised to the next level with the possible addition of conjugated meningococcal, Tdap, rotavirus, MMRV and human papillomavirus vaccines to the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule. The objectives of this seminar are to review the current program, discuss vaccines and vaccine recommendations on the horizon, and outline major policy and service issues these changes will bring.

The question is: Is there any relationship between a pediatrician and the vaccine manufacturers that would be perceived as a conflict-of-interest according to the prevailing ethics in the AAP? I think the answer is clear.

This has got to stop. And only we can stop it.

Come to Washington DC on Oct.7 and 8.

Power of Parents Rally

Stop the Mercury. Stop the Lies.

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[Guest guest]

: This is some outstanding reporting. Thank you and A-Champ for

it. This information would make great letters to the editor. I

encourage everyone to send in 's post along with this lead in to

it:

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Letter to the editor-

Does conflict of interest lead to conflict of care?

Dear Editor:

The American Academy of Pediatricians is holding its annual

convention this week (October 8-10) at the Washington Convention

Center in D.C. There is one topic that will definitely NOT be on the

agenda:

The rampant conflicts of interest by many of the leaders of the AAP

are on the payroll or who have been on the payroll of the new

commissars of public health--the pharmaceutical companies.

Case in point: Margararet Rennels, MD, the official AAP

representative to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

is also on or has been on the payroll of Merck, Merck Laboratories,

Sanofi Aventis, Wyeth Vaccines, and GlaxoKline. She will be

making a presentation at the AAP Convention on the vaccine

industry's plans for our children in the next 3 years.

See the following for confirmation:

http://www.idsociety.org/Template.cfmSection=Home & CONTENTID=10156 & TEM

PLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm

Dollars to doughnuts she'll be recommending vaccinations of her

corporate sponsors.

The ACIP that Rennels sits on is not some unimportant federal

commission, and the ACIP is anything but " advisory. " This is the

federal board that decides what is the " recommended schedule " of

vaccines. Most states will adopt these recommendations without

question and make them mandatory for children to attend school or

daycare. In effect, the ACIP are the Federal Vaccine Commissars.

And the truly frightening thing about this is that conflicts of

these types are the norm on the ACIP. If a member of the Security

and Exchange Commission had similar conflicts they would be guilty

of a felony. In the world of public health it is a standard

operating procedure. And who are they working for, our children's

health or their employers bottom line?

Here's more conflicts from the ACIP meeting minutes for February:

Those reporting potential conflicts of interest were Dr. Greg Poland

(grants from Chiron, VaxGen, and Merck Research Laboratories), Dr.

Treanor (Wyeth, MedImmune), and Dr. Levin (clinical trials for

GlaxoKline [GSK], Merck, and Merck's DSMB).

Check them out and others at:

http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ACIP/minutes/acip-min-feb05.rtf

Yours truly,

>

> Come to Washington DC on Oct. 7 and 8,

> Power of Parents Rally

> Stop the Mercury. Stop the Lies.

> www.achamp.org

>

>

>

> What do you have to do to have a conflict-of-interest in the eyes

of the American Academy of Pediatrics? Margararet Rennels, MD, the

official AAP representative to the Advisory Committee on

Immunization Practices is also on or has been on the payroll of

Merck, Merck Laboratories, Sanofi Aventis, Wyeth Vaccines, and

GlaxoKline. She will be making a presentation at the AAP

Convention on the vaccine industry's plans for our children in the

next 3 years. Prepare for evermore vaccines.

>

> See the following for confirmation:

>

>

> http://www.idsociety.org/Template.cfm?

Section=Home & CONTENTID=10156 & TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDispl

ay.cfm

>

>

>

>

> The ACIP is not some unimportant federal commission, and they are

anything but " advisory " . This is the federal board that decides what

is the " recommended schedule " of vaccines. Most states will adopt

these recommendations without question and make them mandatory for

children to attend school or daycare. In effect, the ACIP are the

Federal Vaccine Commissars.

>

> And the truly frightening thing about this is that conflicts of

these types are the norm on the ACIP. If a member of the Security

and Exchange Commission had similar conflicts they would be guilty

of a felony. In the world of public health it is a standard

operating procedure. And who are they working for, our children's

health or their employers bottom line?

>

> Here's more conflicts from the ACIP meeting minutes for February:

>

> Those reporting potential conflicts of interest were Dr. Greg

Poland (grants from Chiron, VaxGen, and Merck Research

Laboratories), Dr. Treanor (Wyeth, MedImmune), and Dr. Levin

(clinical trials for GlaxoKline [GSK], Merck, and Merck's

DSMB).

>

> Check them out and others at:

>

> http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ACIP/minutes/acip-min-feb05.rtf

>

>

> Here's a synopsis of Rennels presentation:

>

> Vaccine Update: The Next 1000 Days

> S356

> Monday, October 10, 2005 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

>

> The U.S. immunization program has been enormously successful in

> improving the health of infants, children and adolescents. The

near

> future holds hope for the program to be raised to the next level

with the possible addition of conjugated meningococcal, Tdap,

rotavirus, MMRV and human papillomavirus vaccines to the childhood

and adolescent immunization schedule. The objectives of this

seminar are to review the current program, discuss vaccines and

vaccine recommendations on the horizon, and outline major policy and

service issues these changes will bring.

>

>

>

>

> The question is: Is there any relationship between a pediatrician

and the vaccine manufacturers that would be perceived as a conflict-

of-interest according to the prevailing ethics in the AAP? I think

the answer is clear.

>

> This has got to stop. And only we can stop it.

>

> Come to Washington DC on Oct.7 and 8.

> Power of Parents Rally

> Stop the Mercury. Stop the Lies.

> www.achamp.org