From the Irish Times: In a final vote of no confidence, Ireland’s ill-fated e-voting machines are finally headed to the scrap heap. From the June 29 Independent: THE Government has sold the infamous €54m e-voting machines for scrap — for €9.30 each. [Sold as scrap for about 15 cents per ten dollars spent on their…
The Gang who Couldn’t Shoot Strait at Emergent BioSolutions gain more largesse from the USG. Yet this company cannot do anything right except obtain government contracts, kill off the competition, co-opt watchdog nonprofits and set up their own education agencies. See “Anthrax Vaccine: to the Victor the Spoils” “This award underscores Emergent’s core competencies not only in product…
In her third excellent Scientific American blog post, Infectious Disease doctor Judy Stone has delved into the ethical and regulatory framework under which clinical research must be conducted. Dr. Stone provides a succinct historical overview of the important documents, and how they were enshrined in regulations guiding the conduct of research in humans. For readers…
Unmanned satellite-aircraft devices can now stay in orbit more than a year, then return to earth and make a soft landing at a military base! Just imagine the accuracy and precision of the measurements and analysis needed to achieve this. This accomplishment deserves more than a hat-tip to the scientific method. Yet when it comes…
Very interesting: the Narcolepsy Association discovered that specific lots were involved, after the Swedish Medical Products Agency denied it. Bad lots may mean that the regulators were not doing their job. If this devastating narcolepsy epidemic was caused by bad lots, liability for the injuries might land on the manufacturer, in this case GSK. From…
From infectious disease MD Judith Stone at Scientific American comes this comprehensive look at what is behind the push to keep buying anthrax vaccine and even give it to children: In my last post, we began to play “Follow the Money” to better understand the history of the anthrax vaccine and the current proposal to…
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