Late last month, a small notice in the Federal Register announced that after more than thirty years, the FDA will summarily excise the World Medical Association’s “Declaration of Helsinki,” the internationally recognized gold-standard for principles of ethical medical research, from its codes. It’s a shocking departure, and one that has hardly made a dent in the mainstream media. Here’s a guest blog I wrote about it for the national consumer rights group Prescription Access Litigation:

http://prescriptionaccess.org/blog/?p=273