NYU shuts down medical studies over drug violations

John Gregory | | Health Exec | Policy & Regulations

Use of relatively untested drugs on patients with serious mental health issues, along with incomplete case histories and falsified records, led New York University’s medical school to end eight psychiatric studies.

To read more about this New York Times investigation, including comments from participants in the shuttered studies, click on the link below: 

An N.Y.U. Study Gone Wrong, and a Top Researcher Dismissed

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John joined TriMed in 2016, focusing on healthcare policy and regulation. After graduating from Columbia College Chicago, he worked at FM News Chicago and Rivet News Radio, and worked on the state government and politics beat for the Illinois Radio Network. Outside of work, you may find him adding to his never-ending graphic novel collection.

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