Drug trial gone horribly wrong.

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006120434,00.html

Human guinea pig Raste Khan — who did not know he had been given a harmless placebo in the test — said it was like a horror film unfolding before his eyes.

The 23-year-old TV technician added:

The test ward turned into a living hell minutes after we were injected. The men went down like dominoes.

First they began tearing their shirts off complaining of fever, then some screamed out that their heads felt like they were about to explode.

After that they started fainting, vomiting and writhing around in their beds.
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Read the entire thing.


Is the Sun Online an actual online newspaper? Or is it like the Onion?

I cross posted this from another forum I visit.

EDIT: Hmm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGN1412
 
That looks like a communist newspaper.

But anyway, if its true, then :x.
 
vegeta897 said:
Holy shit :|

This isn't legal is it?
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There's no other way to test a drug. Beats sending it out to thousands of people.
 
vegeta897 said:
Holy shit :|

This isn't legal is it?
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They probably signed some agreement form that said they took the chances on their own will.
 
15357 said:
That looks like a communist newspaper.
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Its a right wing newspaper...
The thing about this test is that they tested the drug on 6 people at once. It shouldve been tested on one person at a time.
 
Reaktor4 said:
Its a right wing newspaper...
The thing about this test is that they tested the drug on 6 people at once. It shouldve been tested on one person at a time.
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They'd still be in just as much shit if that one person had the effects.
 
OvA said:
They signed a waiver though
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Yeah, but a waiver doesn't really give you a license for irresponsibility.
 
Raziaar said:
They'd still be in just as much shit if that one person had the effects.
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The 5 other people wouldnt.
The testers are obviously not in 'shit', since the people volunteered and were payed to test the drug.
 
Raziaar said:
Yeah, but a waiver doesn't really give you a license for irresponsibility.
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But it does entitle a liscence for love. :naughty:
 
Wikipedia said:
TGN1412 (also known as CD28-SuperMAB®) is the working name of an immunomodulatory drug intended for the treatment of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) and rheumatoid arthritis.[1] TGN1412 is a humanised monoclonal antibody which not only binds, but is superagonistic to the CD28 receptor of the immune system's T cells.[2] It received designation as an orphan medical product from the European Medicines Agency for the treatment of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in March 2005[3]. It was developed by TeGenero Immuno Therapeutics and manufactured by Boehringer-Ingelheim.[4]
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My head almost exploded after trying to comprehend that.
 
dont they have to do trials on animals before it can be aproved for a human screening ?
 
mindless_moder said:
dont they have to do trials on animals before it can be aproved for a human screening ?
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They do, it's a requirement. However there are always going to be a few drugs that will react differently in humans. It rarely ever happens and there really isn't any way of knowing it will happen until the test is given however.
 
mindless_moder said:
dont they have to do trials on animals before it can be aproved for a human screening ?
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The article said it had passed tests on animals. Thats why they moved on to humans.
 
From what i have read, the company who made the drug acted properly, went through the right procedures etc. before testing on humans.

These people signed a waiver, they knew there could be a risk, but due to the rarity of accidents occuring in these tests, the must have thought they would be fine.

A horrible accident, feel so sorry for the victims and their families, and hope the events are properly investigated
 
Evo said:
From what i have read, the company who made the drug acted properly, went through the right procedures etc. before testing on humans.

These people signed a waiver, they knew there could be a risk, but due to the rarity of accidents occuring in these tests, the must have thought they would be fine.

A horrible accident, feel so sorry for the victims and their families, and hope the events are properly investigated
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Agreed.:|
 
Quite old 'news' now really, unless you live abroad you'd have had no idea (shh we are trying to cover it up!)

I know its awful, but i am intrigued to what these men looked like, elephant man was mentioned, but John Merrick was all over problematic, these people just have heads 3 x the size of normal i believe. Anyway most of them are better now (or off organ support).

Funny thing i read somewhere though, MORE people are signing up for drug testing because they've realised how much money you get from it...joe public are an odd bunch.
 
Hectic Glenn said:
Quite old 'news' now really, unless you live abroad you'd have had no idea (shh we are trying to cover it up!)

I know its awful, but i am intrigued to what these men looked like, elephant man was mentioned, but John Merrick was all over problematic, these people just have heads 3 x the size of normal i believe. Anyway most of them are better now (or off organ support).

Funny thing i read somewhere though, MORE people are signing up for drug testing because they've realised how much money you get from it...joe public are an odd bunch.
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I can't even IMIGINE a head swelling up to 3x the size of normal. That's crazy unbelievable.
 
Raziaar said:
I can't even IMIGINE a head swelling up to 3x the size of normal. That's crazy unbelievable.
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Never played Theme Hospital?
 
That is nasty. Why did they sign up for testing anyway, you just never know what the consequences of 'testing' can be.
 
I did product testing before, for Kirovman's reason. However, it wasn't a drug, but rather just tea that heated itself.

-Angry Lawyer
 
Angry Lawyer said:
I did product testing before, for Kirovman's reason. However, it wasn't a drug, but rather just tea that heated itself.

-Angry Lawyer
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In that special cup?
 
vegeta897 said:
In that special cup?
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I think it was using some sort of non-toxic chemical that heated when shaked. They didn't really tell us, they just made us drink it.

-Angry Lawyer
 
Alot of what they print in those papers is borderline racism..

The worrying thing is, the people who actually write for tabloids are actually very intelligent, they just know how to write in that fashion.
 
ComradeBadger said:
Alot of what they print in those papers is borderline racism..

The worrying thing is, the people who actually write for tabloids are actually very intelligent, they just know how to write in that fashion.
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Melanie phillips and neil custis are prime examples of the mail/sun standard of journalism. Theyre both ****s.
 
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