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Irish babies used as guinea pigs in drug experiments

digme · 2010-08-20 13:04:30

An Irish woman now living in Philadelphia is suing a major drug company and a Catholic order claiming she was used as a guinea pig in a drug experiment while a baby in Ireland in 1960 and 1961. She claims that a major U.S, drug company GlaxoSmithKline used Irish babies in homes for single mothers run by Catholic orders to…

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An Irish woman now living in Philadelphia is suing a major drug company and a Catholic order claiming she was used as a guinea pig in a drug experiment while a baby in Ireland in 1960 and 1961.
She claims that a major U.S, drug company GlaxoSmithKline used Irish babies in homes for single mothers run by Catholic orders to experiment with a four in one shot against childhood diseases. The shots were later found to be less effective than the standard treatment.

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#2 20-08-2010 1:12pm

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Was there any actual harm done I wonder?

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#3 20-08-2010 1:12pm

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Misleading title is misleading.

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#4 20-08-2010 1:13pm

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Omg look at the child.. What did they do to it..

http://media.irishcentral.com/images/SWF+Steed.jpg (Yes it's the image from the article.)

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#5 20-08-2010 1:22pm

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It could have been worse. She could have been dropped on her head as a baby

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#6 20-08-2010 1:23pm

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At least Irish guinea pigs weren't used as babies in drug experiments.

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