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...dangers and limitations of clinical trials really are. Still others are convinced that financial conflicts of interest--drug companies sponsoring trials and paying doctors--are the root of all evil. Bills are being introduced in both houses of Congress in the next few weeks that are designed to better protect research subjects, and OHRP, the main research regulatory agency, is rewriting its rules. What's clear to nearly everyone, though, is that without uniform, federally mandated regulations, the situation will only get worse...
Both DeGette and Kennedy endorse the idea of accrediting IRBs. But they are split on whether accreditation should be mandatory. So far, Kennedy is saying yes. DeGette, who has championed patient protection in part because the University of Colorado was severely sanctioned by OHRP in 1999, thinks a voluntary system would, paradoxically, protect patients better. "The whole point of accreditation," says DeGette, "is to encourage research institutions to reach for a higher bar, to go above and beyond the minimum requirements...
Here's another paradox: the U.S. government is about to spend $850 million to make sure there's enough smallpox vaccine to protect every man, woman and child against the theoretical risk of a bioterrorist attack. Yet at the same time it's having trouble protecting kids from the clear and present danger of tetanus and meningitis...
...church leaders quoted in your article spoke of the real outrage: the continued cover-up by church authorities to protect their own misguided interests. One wonders how a prelate could sleep at night, never mind continue to administer the sacraments, after transferring a child molester to a whole new group of unsuspecting children. A mea culpa from these leaders is long overdue--as is God's vengeance. BOB METHELIS Montville...
...most of whom work at nurturing young talent. "Professional basketball players are no different from everyone else. They look for reasons to stay in bed and hit the snooze button," says Cuban. "I've got a $50 million annual payroll. I'd be a moron if I didn't protect...