organization:yale school of medicine

One-Third Of New Drugs Had Safety Problems After FDA Approval
▻http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/09/527575055/one-third-of-new-drugs-had-safety-problems-after-fda-approval

The Food and Drug Administration is under pressure from the Trump administration to approve drugs faster, but researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found that nearly a third of those approved from 2001 through 2010 had major safety issues years after the medications were made widely available to patients.

[...] It took a median of 4.2 years after the drugs were approved for these safety concerns to come to light, the study found [...]. Drugs ushered through the #FDA's accelerated approval process were among those that had higher rates of safety interventions.

#santé #médicaments

Handling of Sexual Harassment Case Poses Larger Questions at Yale
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/us/handling-of-sexual-harassment-case-poses-larger-questions-at-yale.html

A sexual harassment case that has been unfolding without public notice for nearly five years within the Yale School of Medicine has roiled the institution and led to new allegations that the university is insensitive to instances of harassment against women.

#harcèlement #université #impunité

An Interrogation Center at Yale? | Alternet
▻http://www.alternet.org/investigations/interrogation-center-yale?akid=10099.108806.YdyeBY&rd=1&src=newsletter7989

And the larger issue is really: What are legitimate uses of medicine, and what should medicine be involved in? And I think, with that, Yale has now crossed a line. There are nefarious purposes to which medicine can be used. I mean, for example, one could use medicine to design biological weapons. Clearly, everyone would agree that the Yale School of Medicine should not be involved in helping to achieve that military objective. But I think that using the practice of medicine and medical research to help design advanced interrogation techniques, or even just regular civilian intelligence-gathering techniques, interviewing techniques, is not an appropriate use of medicine. The practice of medicine was designed to improve people’s health. And the school of medicine should not be taking part in either training or research that is primarily designed to enhance military objectives. That’s not an appropriate use of medicine. And the bottom line is, I think it’s a perversion of medicine, and that’s the greatest harm that I fear that is coming from this.