Professionalism

Professionalism: Cases and Ideas in Professional Ethics is a wikibook written mainly by students at the [University of Virginia's]( [School of Engineering and Applied Science]( The book was begun in the spring semester, 2011; the authors have been students in STS 4600: "The Engineer, Ethics, and Pro

Cheryl Eckard is an American quality-assurance manager, and a former employee of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). She became known as a whistle-blower after reporting serious manufacturing and quality-control problems at GSK's pharmaceutical plan in Cidra, Puerto Rico. Her disclosures led to a major federal i

He claimed the trial should be invalidated. Fishbein publicized the case and was demoted and ultimately fired. After two years of battle over HIVNET 012, he was reinstated at the NIH despite the Institute of Medicine finding the study data valid. He is recognized for bringing to light serious allega

The use of false information to benefit oneself has been present throughout human history. Simple natural events such as solar or lunar eclipses were used to prove the connection of a divine ruler and/or higher powers and to convince the masses to obey such rulers for years to come. Throughout histo

Per FDA regulations, it is legal for doctors to prescribe a drug for an unapproved use, but it is not legal for drug companies to market the drug for these unapproved uses.[2] In 2004, Pfizer, the parent company of Parke-Davis, was found guilty for promoting and marketing Neurontin for unapproved us

Kenneth Kendrick is the whistleblower in the 2009 salmonella outbreak from contaminated peanuts. Kendrick disclosed information about factory conditions at the Peanut Corporation of America that prompted the FDA to recall over 3,600 peanut products. ## Background From September 2008 to April 2009, a

He used his political influence to start and raise money for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. This organization would go on to fund research by Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin [3].

Hwang Woo-suk, a South Korean researcher, became well-renowned in the field of cloning when his team published a paper in 2004 stating that the first human embryo had been cloned and stem cells were extracted. This article was published in the reputable journal Science and the research community was

Leaked documents show that Eli Lilly instructed pharmaceutical salespeople to make dementia the first message for primary care physicians, since Schizophrenic patients were typically reported to specialists [1]. Similarly, other documents show Eli Lilly claiming that Zyprexa is a safe choice for tre

In the late 1980s, Beef Products, Inc. (BPI) developed a method of salvaging beef from fatty trimmings.[1] This process, heating trimmings to about 100°F and then centrifuging them to separate fat from meat, was approved by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in 1990.[2][3] According to th

[Medical ghostwriting]( is a covert practice among the medical community by which the authors who significantly contribute to medical literature are not given credit, and the authors listed have not substantially contributed to the paper. ## Introduction Medical ghostwriting typically involves the u

Biopiracy is the commercial exploitation of biological or genetic material, as medicinal plant extracts, usually without compensating the indigenous peoples or countries from which the material or relevant knowledge is obtained [1]. It falls under the category of [Bioprospecting]( the umbrella term

Sundlof invited Dr. Hampshire to present her findings to the CVM, which caused Dr. Sundlof, to take the matter to Acting FDA Commissioner, Dr. [Lester Crawford]( In September, 2004, the FDA requested that Wyeth recall ProHeart 6 from the market "pending a review by an independent scientific panel" a