Researchers never warned White House before AIDS drug sent to Africa

[rodeodance]

Not good, not good at all!!!

http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2688634

Researchers never warned White House before AIDS drug sent to Africa


WASHINGTON Government scientists found problems with their research on an AIDS drug destined for Africa -- but they never told the White House about them before the drug was distributed.

Memos obtained by The Associated Press show the agency scrambled to keep safety concerns from blocking the use of the drug nevirapine in Africa. The drug was seen as a cheap way to prevent the transmission of AIDS from mothers to their babies.

The flawed research later led the National Institutes of Health to acknowledge the study broke federal patient protection rules.

[Cobalt Violet]

1. That's the same drug they force the babies in NY to take.

Isn't it? It sounds like it.

[seriousstan]

9. Do you have any reason for claiming this? I didn't think the NY story

mentioned the drugs used. Do you have any links stating what drugs were administered in the NY story or is this just a wild guess?

[pinerow]

2. Why is it never the fault of the White House...??

has anyone considered that the reason researchers never told the White House (if true) is because there is a lack of intellectual freedom permeating this White House in particular and the nation as a whole?

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. It's not a Democrat controlled White House. Otherwise the

the level or responsibility goes up. Republican presidents are like CEOs. They blame everybody else.

[bullimiami]

3. plausible deniability?

apparently the wh never knows about anything that might make them responsible.

[rodeodance]

4. nevirapine used in NY also? I do not know the answer to your question.

[gWbush is Mabus]

5. my gut tells me that the WHITE HOUSE DID KNOW

you have to turn around everything that is reported to see the truth

[rodeodance]

6. here is a more detailed AP story in Boston Globe today

......African doctors said they weren't aware of the full extent of NIH's concerns but feel comfortable administering it in single doses to AIDS-sickened mothers who have few other choices to protect newborns.......

Boehringer Ingelheim said it has donated enough doses to treat more than 411,000 mothers and infants in Africa and self-disclosed the problems it found with the Uganda research. But it says it has research from other locations, like Thailand and South Africa, showing single-dose usage at birth is safe and effective.

"The bottom line is there were these procedural issues, such as the speed of reporting adverse events, and the like. But the important scientific data was intact and found to be valid," said Dr. Patrick Robinson, a top Boehringer AIDS specialist.

Still, the German-owned company no longer is seeking FDA permission to use nevirapine for protecting US infants because better treatments have emerged, he said.


"http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/12/14/nih_was_warned_in_02_on_aids_drug_for_africa/"

NIH was warned in '02 on AIDS drug for Africa

By John Solomon, Associated Press | December 14, 2004

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7. TheWH never hears what it doesn't want to hear, so in theory

it may be correct. In any event, the outcome was the same.