Category Research Ethics

FDA Ethicist’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest in Prenatal Dex Case

Newly available documents show conflicts of interest for the FDA ethicist who investigated a fetal drug experiment. Alice Dreger and Ellen K. Feder explain.

Seeking Accountability From CIHR for its Failed Decision-Making

Canadian health ethics researchers request action on problems at CIHR in letter to members of the Canadian Parliament and Senate.

Call-In Campaign to End Psychiatric Research Abuse at the University of Minnesota

 Carl Elliott asks for your help with getting crucial information on the suicide of Dan Markingson made public.

CIHR’s Decision on “Ethics”: Yet Another Canadian Story

Fern Brunger suggests that the recent CIHR decision to push ethics to the periphery is but one more chapter in a dangerous story.

The Silence of the Bioethicists

Leigh Turner continues to question in the face of silence.