Researchers Find Medical Clinical Trial Fraud and Bias Is Common in the U.S.

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Researchers Find Medical Clinical Trial Fraud and Bias Is Common in the U.S.

Medical fraud is common in the U.S. medical system. (2,3,etc.) It appears that

most clinical trial studies may be fraudulent, or at least not scientifically

valid. A Univ. of California study in 2010 found that 92% of clinical trial

studies had no description of the contents of the placebo used for the study.

(1) There is no such thing as a biologically inert pill, and it is commonly

known how to choose a common substance that has adverse effects on most

conditions being considered in trials. Sugar for example has known adverse

effects on diabetes patients and a large portion of the population. Similarly,

ingredients containing lactose from milk products or gluten from grains or

fructose from fruit have adverse effects on significant portions of the

population. Likewise ingredients used as carriers or additions to treatment

substance can be chosen for beneficial effects on a type of condition. Examples

are olive oil or fish oil or which are known to have beneficial effects on

several conditions and magnesium or calcium which have been used as buffers in

some treatment formulations, yet also have known beneficial effects on many

types of conditions including cardiovascular conditions, spasms, seizures,

bones, etc. It is known for example that a clinical trial used to claim that

aspirin is beneficial for cardiovascular conditions used magnesium as a buffer,

although magnesium is documented in the medical literature to be beneficial to

the conditions in question. How does one know what caused the benefit seen?

Since Pharmaceutical companies pay for most research studies published and its

known that they choose researchers likely to find positive findings for their

treatment, there is a strong economic incentive to bias the study.

Many studies and inquiries on drug safety have documented the common bias in

such studies, and found major differences in the number of studies with

favorable results paid for by Pharmaceuticals versus independent researchers.

Inquiries by government agencies and others have also found fraud and bias to be

relatively common when investigating drugs found to have adverse effects on a

significant portion of the population taking the drug, resulting in recalls. An

example is Dr. Reuben, Researcher for Pfizer, Merck who admits to faking

dozens of research clinical trials over a 13 year period. (3-8) This

highly-respected clinical trial researcher faked at least twenty-one clinical

trials for Big Pharma over a period of 13 years. His fraudulent clinical trials

are still being cited to sell prescription medications! Some of the major drugs

that have been approved based on his fake studies include Celebrex, Bextra and

Vioxx.

According to Natural Times researchers(3): “Dr. Reuben's actions really aren't

that extraordinary. Drug companies bribe researchers and doctors as a routine

matter. Medical journals routinely publish false, fraudulent studies. Some of

Dr. Reuben’s studies were published without validation by some of the top

medical journals, which have now had to retract the articles. FDA panel members

regularly rely on falsified research in making their drug approval decisions,

and the mainstream media regularly quotes falsified research in reporting the

news.†These claims have been essentially verified and disclosed by an article

and books by a past editor of New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia

Angell(2).

(1) What's in Placebos: Who Knows? Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials,

Beatrice A. Golomb , MD, PhD; C. kson , BS; Koperski , BS;

Deanna Sack , BS; Murray Enkin , MD; and Howick , PhD, ls of Internal

Medicine, October 19, 2010 vol. 153 no. 8 532-535.

(2) Dr. Marcia Angell, past editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, “Is

Academic Medicine For Sale?â€, New England Journal of Medicine, 2000; & The

Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us And What To Do About It.

2004; & Big Pharma, Bad Medicine: How corporate dollars corrupt research and

education, Marcia Angell, forum, 2010, http://bostonreview.net/BR35.3/angell.php

(3) Mike , Natural News,

www.naturalnews.com/030209_placebo_medical_fraud.html ; &

(4) Dr. Reuben, Researcher for Pfizer, Merck admits to faking dozens of

research studies

http://www.naturalnews.com/028194__Reuben_research_fraud.html

http://www.theday.com/article/20100115/NWS01/100119833/1047 (5) Doctor Accused

of Faking Celebrex Study : Alleged fake Celebrex study lands doc in court,

www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Fake-Study-Lands-Doctor-in-Hot-Water-8172\

7667.html

(6)Feds Accuse Doc of Faking Research On Pfizer & Merck Drugs,

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/01/15/feds-accuse-doc-of-faking-research-on-pfi\

zer-merck-drugs/

(7)Research Fraud Probe Leads to Criminal Charge,

www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Ethics/17985

(8) Former Pfizer representative charged with health care fraud,

http://www.theday.com/article/20100115/NWS01/100119833/1047