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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
DRUG MONEY
Harvard’s Joseph Biederman, MD who promoted antipsychotic drugs for children, failed to report $1.4M
“Dr. Joseph Biederman, a world-renowned child psychiatrist, had earned far more money from drug makers than he had reported to his university [ it was revealed during a Congressional investigation in June 2008 ],” according to an article in the New York Times titled “Research Center Tied to Drug Company”.
“In June [ 2008 ], a Congressional investigation revealed that Dr. Biederman had failed to report to Harvard at least $1.4 million in outside income from Johnson & Johnson and other makers of antipsychotic medicines.”
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Study abstract claimed antipsychotic Risperdal worked better than placebo, but this was NOT true
A study of the antipsychotic drug, Risperdal, in children with disruptive behavior disorder found that “children given placebos and those given Risperdal both improved significantly” according to an article in the New York Times titled “Research Center Tied to Drug Company”.
However, the draft abstract for the study that was sent from Dr. Gahan Pandina, a Johnson & Johnson executive, to the lead author of the study, world-renowned child psychiatrist, Joseph Biederman, MD from Harvard University, who has helped fuel the 40-fold increase in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children, and the rapid rise in the use of powerful, risky and expensive antipsychotic drugs in children, stated that “only the children given Risperdal improved, while those given placebos did not” according to the New York Times article.
“I will review this morning,” responded Dr. Biederman, according to the documents. “I will be happy to sign the forms if you could kindly send them to me.”
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
DRUG MONEY
Harvard doctor behind explosion in antipsychotic drug use in children paid $1.6M by drug makers
There was a 40-fold increase in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children from 1994 to 2003. This dramatic increase was partly fueled by the research of Joseph Biederman MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University, “A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines in children earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007 but for years did not report much of this income to university officials, according to information given Congressional investigators” notes a 2008 article in the New York Times.
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