There have been numerous experiments performed on human test subjects in the United States that have been considered unethical, and were often performed illegally, without the knowledge, consent, or informed consent of the test subjects.

It was reported last month that federal health officials fined the American Red Cross nearly $9.6 million for blood management practices described as “sloppy and unsafe.” This is the second multi-million-dollar penalty levied against the Red Cross in the

In a ‘landmark’ legal case, the pharmaceutical giant firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) pled guilty this week to engaging in fraudulent, criminal behavior which included covering up adverse drug side-effects, promoting ineffective therapies and hiding unfavorable

During 1940s, the US medical authorities used Guatemalan citizens as unwitting human guinea pigs to study the effects of penicillin as a treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. Searching for methods of curing US troops stationed across the world, doc