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Press Releases Vioxx drug scandal linked to conditions of labs at Washington University, other research facilities, say Watchdog group FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATTN: DAYBOOK / WEEKEND NEWS DESK Vioxx drug scandal linked to conditions of labs at Washington
University, other research facilities, say Watchdog group ST. LOUIS – An in-depth, investigative report – which will be released
here Saturday by a U.S. research watchdog organization – is expected to
provide insight on how the Vioxx drug scandal has been made possible
through invalid, taxpayer-funded research at laboratories like those at
Washington University. A news conference to disclose the findings will be held SATURDAY. 10:30
a.m. at Barnes/Jewish Hospital Plaza & Kings Highway. SAEN, based in Cincinnati, will release the 40-page report, "The
Primate Experimentation Scandal, 2005," which is highly critical of the
research work at Washington University, which has gobbled up at least 21
research grants worth more than $6.2 million. The "White Paper" claims that work at WU, as well as similar
laboratories, is "meaningless" and invalidates research on drugs like
Vioxx because of the conditions endured by research subjects. SAEN will release internal facility documents, photos, and federal
documents which reveal "scandalous" funding for research facilities
nationwide, which has led to the waste of hundreds of millions in federal
tax dollars. "Our investigation reveals the same experiments are being funded
hundreds of times, wasting hundreds of millions in federal tax dollars,"
said Michael A. Budkie, A.H.T., SAEN's Executive Director and author of
the report. "These facilities are not concerned about science or human health, or
protecting people like those effected by Vioxx, and other similar drug
failings. This is about attracting funding dollars," added Budkie, who
will conduct the news conference Saturday as part of a tour of U.S.
research labs. -30-
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