Veterans as Lab Rats
This is a quite disturbing story of how the VA is using veterans for clinical trials.
From the allegations in the article, it seems like the VA is ignoring GCP and ICH guidelines as far as the trials go. Do they not have an IRB overseeing these studies?
Are the veterans not warned about the potential side effects before consenting to the study (as they’re supposed to be)?
Shame on the VA for giving the field of clinical trials a bad image.