March 28, 2009

Harvard Child Psychiatrists Named In Federal Subpoena

I generally don't post on weekends, but news is just out that controversial Harvard child psychiatrist Joseph Biederman and his colleagues Tim Wilens and Thomas Spencer were named in a federal subpoena yesterday. The trio have all pulled in millions from pharma companies while also doing federally-funded research, a potentially illegal conflict of interest which was allegedly improperly reported. They are all being investigated by their university and NIH.

The subpoena, issued by the US Attorney for Eastern Massachusetts, was served on Fletch Trammel, an attorney representing various states attorneys general and other plaintiffs in cases against pharma companies over pushing antipsychotics for use in children and adults. Apparently, the feds want whatever documents and depositions Trammel has gathered on the three.

I have no idea where this is going or what, but it sure is getting serious.

Posted by Philip Dawdy at March 28, 2009 10:55 AM
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I agree - things are getting serious! There's something in the air; in the ether. Many people working to have the truth come out; to right the wrongs.

Just spoke with a new-age sort of friend who believes it will all break loose within the next couple of years.

Posted by: anonymous at March 28, 2009 11:26 AM

Thanks for posting this! Unbelievable stuff.

Posted by: Stephany at March 28, 2009 11:40 AM

Thank you Philip!
I'm breathing a little bit easier.
Stephany too.

Ana

Posted by: Ana at March 28, 2009 11:54 AM

I guess Biederman is realizing that maybe, just maybe he isn't G-d.

I love Karma.

Posted by: susan at March 28, 2009 11:56 AM

Lets just see where this leads? I can only hope and pray it leads to some prison time, removal of medical licences, and the rebuke of the so called dirty science these criminals used to poison kids.

Hey! FDA are you LISTENING out there in La La land?

as the song goes: "the times they are a changing"

Posted by: Lets see at March 28, 2009 12:21 PM

Susan,
That was great!
:)

Posted by: Ana at March 28, 2009 12:58 PM

Maybe some day I will break my silence about the research facility medical school connected psychologist who diagnosed me as being "schizo-affective" -without asking for any information - after I have confided in her that I was trying to stop corruption at the school that was costing lives.

Posted by: Corona at March 28, 2009 01:00 PM

:D

Posted by: Lilly NC at March 28, 2009 01:01 PM

When Biederman and his cohorts go to jail, they need some of those antipsychotics they foist on 4 year olds.

Thanks Philip for the great reporting.

Posted by: AA at March 28, 2009 02:25 PM

Corona,
Ah, a page from the Soviet Dissident Silencing playbook.
Sherry

Posted by: Sherry at March 28, 2009 03:43 PM

Hold your horses, everyone. No one is going to stop BIG PHARMA from making big profits.

People will die for the company to achieve those profits.

Sans heavy FDA regulation (likilihood: nil) nothing in the fundamentals will change. A couple of greedy Docs. will get grabbed up on "you're too stupid to ignore" warrants, the people will think things have changed.

And Big Pharma can go on killing us, slowly, quickly, and every way in between.

Ever notice how the "remedy" is always for a symptom, not an entire disease? Ever wonder why?

Posted by: Shagata Ganai at March 28, 2009 05:27 PM

Dear Shagata (post above).....most days, I about give up, having "sacrificed" my only son to Eli Lilly, but then along comes a new-age ray of hope, or Senator Grassley, or whatever, that keeps the ball in the air. One of the possible "links" to some justice is the Internet...now if we can just keep THAT from being taken over, maybe we'll see some serious prison time!!!!

Posted by: anonymous at March 28, 2009 06:55 PM

Appreciative of the sixties' theme on this thread. Whassa matter with a little bit of HOPE!!!
After all, the economy is crashing, year 2012 is coming (end of Mayan calendar), and who knows what else. As we said when Bush circled over us while leaving the Obama Inaugural..."Sha na na na, sha na na na , Hey ey ey ...GOODBYE." How about it PHARMA??? Are YOU listening???? Is bye bye time coming for YOU?????

Posted by: La-La at March 28, 2009 07:02 PM

You are reporting on this and Public Citizen isn't. What's wrong with this picture? What's happened to them? Great news. I wish the FDA seemed to be changing, but so far not so much.

Posted by: Alison Hymes at March 28, 2009 11:26 PM

Peace be with you

This is great news, unfortunately I must agree with Shagata Ganai. Though I doubt if many will voluntarily to die for the profits, I truly believe that the profiteers would gladly throw whomever under the train.

What must be stopped is the drugging of children, not just one or two pseudo doctors.

Good reporting.

love eternal
tad

Posted by: tad at March 29, 2009 07:43 AM

tad, check out FL and TX restrictions being placed on Medicaid re drugging young children w/ atypicals. FL is doing it now; TX is working it through their legislature.

Posted by: Anon. at March 29, 2009 09:55 AM

I left a link to this post on a couple of psych doc blogs who are pro-Biederman/Harvard and they wouldn't post it. Interesting, when the walls start crumbling down who is left standing holding the debris.

You what this means? that ALL of the meds that are in discussion--Risperdal, Seroquel especially--are BUNK. Bad studies based on lies, cheating, scandal and dirty money, so why does anyone believe these drugs should be approved by the FDA? and why did the FDA approve them?

I know there are lawsuits brewing now, all of the kids like my daughter on Risperdal while Biederman was studying it in 5 yr olds and telling J&J the study would come out in their advantage. Just my opinion.

Posted by: Stephany at March 29, 2009 11:08 AM

More Karma, you write about Biederman, with a bit of luck he will be going from Ivy walls to 3 hots and a cot.

Woody Allen writes about Bernie Madoff in the New Yorker. He gets 3 hots and a cot, not to mention, some bite by lobsters who are liberated and wind up in Sheepshead Bay, Bklyn.

Pluto just started is going through Capricorn something that hasn't happened in almost 200 years. Karma is going to bite everyone in the butt soon. Let me sit on my balcony and watch the light show.

And yes, I have a family connection to Sheepshead Bay too. I mourn for my beloved Coney Island.

Posted by: susan at March 29, 2009 02:27 PM

Pls. further explain the significance of Pluto going through Capricorn for the first time in almost 200 years. Our answer may lie THERE!!

Posted by: Anon. at March 29, 2009 05:47 PM

Dr. Biederman is a wonderful doctor who has been an incredible help to my child and our family. Before you judge him so harshly, see this description of how Gardiner Harris of the New York Times has used tabloid journalism techniques to distort his record http://www.drugwonks.com/account_blog/row?_method=get&eid=789c52d2dc72851406c281b9eeab8ffc&id=6150 For the truth about Dr. Biederman, also see: http://www2.massgeneral.org/pediatricpsych/staff/biederman.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Biederman

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