Petitions for Research Integrity and Against Corruption Available for Signature

Recently, two petitions relevant to the goals ofHealth Care Renewal have become available. US Petition to " Stop False Reporting of Drug Benefits& Harms by Making FDA& NIH Work Together "Health Care Renewal blogger Dr Bernard Carroll, along with Dr Mickey Nardo, who blogs on1BoringOldMan, and Emeritus Professor John H Noble Jr have authored a petition to improve the reporting of clinical research in the US, and hence combat themanipulation of clinical research, a topic we often discuss.Its essence is:We now petition Congress to require the FDA and NIH to coordinate their monitoring and sharing of key information through ClinicalTrials.gov. Working together, the two agencies could enable stakeholders to verify whether purported scientific claims are faithful to the a priori protocols and plans of analysis originally registered with the FDA. Publication of analyses for which such fidelity cannot be verified shall be prohibited unless the deviations are positively identified (as in openly declared unplanned, secondary analyses). This prohibition shall include scientific claims for on-label or off-label uses made in medical journals, archival conference abstracts, continuing education materials, brochures distributed by sales representatives, direct-to-consumer advertising, and press releases issued by companies or their academic partners. It shall extend to FDA Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4 clinical trials. By acting on this petition, Congress will create a mechanis...
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