Grassley Wants Conflict Data From CDC Committees
14 CommentsBy Ed Silverman // April 26th, 2010 // 8:14 am
Last December, the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released a report showing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was having a hard time gathering sufficient financial disclosure info from so-called Special Government Employees, or SGEs, who serve on CDC advisory committees. The HHS OIG reviewed info provided to 17 committees that met in 2007 and also found that many SGEs served on committees, even though potential conflicts weren’t disclosed.
And so Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee who has spent the last few years probing conflicts of interest among government agencies, academic researchers and the pharmaceutical industry, has written a letter to the CDC noting that 41 percent of SGEs didn’t receive ethics training in 2007 and seeking a status report on steps the CDC has taken to follow the recommendations made by the HHS OIG in its reports (here’s the letter).
“By not completing disclosure forms and/or not receiving ethics training, CDC’s Federal Advisory committees’ integrity and the influential guidance that comes from these committees are jeopardized,” Grassley writes to CDC director Tom Frieden. He also asks for every disclosure form filed by SGEs since January 2008, suggesting he will be looking to make an example of someone as soon as possible.
Lisa Van Syckel
Go get’m Senator, your’e the best!! And of course, a special thanks to Ms. diSanto and Mr. Thacker.
Hopefully Senator Grassley will take on IMCU’s hospitals who charge Medicare and Medicaud for transportation services that aren’t rendered. Could easily reach into the millions of dollars.
patrons99
Yes, yes, and yes! It’s long overdue. There are global health ramifications. Billions of dollars are involved. Bravo Senator Grassley!
lillymill
about time. CDC is a disaster. Senator Grassley truly is making a difference.
patrons99
How about looking into CDC conflicts as to the H1N1 “pandemic”? Hepatitis B vaccine for infants? HPV vaccine information for women?
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/recommendations.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance/
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00033405.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine-young-women.htm
The CDC’s COIs are too numerous to count.
patrons99
How about looking into CDC conflicts as to rotavirus vaccines?
http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/on-call/2010/03/22/cdc-orders-halt-to-use-of-infant-rotavirus-vaccine-rotarix-after-contamination-found/
http://www.politicolnews.com/fda-stops-baby-vaccine/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Offit
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/downloads/resolutions/0608rotavirus.pdf
patrons99
How about looking into CDC conflicts as to mercury amalgam dental fillings?
http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/publications/factsheets/amalgam.htm
http://www.opednews.com/articles/FDA-mercury-not-affected-by-Charles-Brown-091124-20.html
patrons99
How about looking into CDC conflicts as to GMOs and the food supply?
http://hubpages.com/hub/Franken-Foods-Are-Genetically-Modified-Foods-Killing-Us
patrons99
You don’t have to look far to find conflicts within CDC.
Hmmm. I wonder what Inspector Clouseau would think about these clues?
See the article titled, “Voting Himself Rich: CDC Vaccine Adviser Made $29 Million Or More After Using Role to Create Market” by Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill on February 16, 2009.
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/voting.html
http://www.whale.to/v/offit1.html
“Dr. Offit shares the patent on the Rotavirus vaccine in development by Merck and lists a $350,000 grant from Merck for Rotavirus vaccine development. Also, he lists that he is a consultant to Merck.”
“On March 22, 2010, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials adhering to the precautionary principle advised American doctors to suspend use of Rotarix 1 vaccine until the agency finds out why DNA from a swine virus (porcine circovirus 1 or PCV1) was found in the live rotavirus vaccine.”
http://info-wars.org/2010/04/09/vaccine-contamination-pig-virus-dna-found-in-rotarix/
http://www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/April-2010/Vaccine-Contamination-Pig-Virus-DNA-Found-in-Rota.aspx#_edn13
Evelyn Pringle
This is really something. I thought the problem with conflicts of interest on CDC panels was taken care of several years ago. I hadn’t even been paying attention to the CDC.
Totally disgusting. Nothing ever changes!
Former Pharma Marketing Director
I hope Senator Grassley makes examples of a bunch of people soon!
Way overdue….
Kudos Mr. Senator! I really hope you are mentoring someone to follow in your footsteps and help you out, you have a lot on your plate….
anon
CDC are a little more difficult to deal with?-ties with the military and pharma. big one to take on.
patrons99
How about looking into CDC conflicts as to fluoride to prevent and control dental caries in the United States?
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5014a1.htm
http://dianarn.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/arsenic-in-my-fluoride-the-cdc-says-yes/
http://www.picassodreams.com/picasso_dreams/2009/04/mercury-fluoride-and-the-dumbing-down-of-the-population.html
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/synergistic_toxicity_q.html
patrons99
Once again, you don’t have to look very far to find conflicts within CDC.
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/03/poul-thorsens-mutating-resume.html
http://www.politicolnews.com/cdc-vaccine-fraud-2-million/
john
i can’t imagine if Senator Grassley became Chairman of the Committee again.
Almost makes me want to vote republican.