Drug Companies' Shameful Secrets

This collection of articlesfrom Bloombergbelow is aninfecting other patients as well as company
examination of the recent wave of drug-testingemployees.
scandals.Another article describes a doctor who volunteered
They include a look at the case of the patients whofor a drug-testing trial and died as a result of
experienced potentially deadly reactions during aimproper monitoring, poor care, and insufficient
British drug test last month, and the cover-ups andwarnings.
conflicts of interest that led to the situation.Taken as a whole, the articles paint a dark picture of
Other pieces track the progress of a U.S. Senatethe current state of drug testing, in terms of the
probe into New Jersey-based SFBC International, asafety of both the final products and the tests
drug-testing company that allowed a Haitian immigrantthemselves.
and tuberculosis patient to participate in a drug trial,