Watchdog 'was given warning on danger of drug trial' (update)

[NorthernSun]

The British Government's drugs safety authority was warned in advance about a drug trial which was to leave six men, including a New Zealander, in intensive care... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10376639

We are all guinea pigs now

[LeftyMom]

1. Animal testing doesn't work.

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Professor Kent Woods, chief executive of the MHRA, denied that risks had been ignored.

He said: "The possibility of a cytokine storm was specifically considered and tested for in a particular species of monkey which showed no toxic reaction.
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Thalidomide was safe in animal testing too.

[NYC]

2. They were also warned about previous human testing.

...TeGenero told the MHRA that there had been previous incidence in which similar drugs had provoked serious adverse reaction in human volunteers...

...But documents submitted to the MHRA by TeGenero show that the "biological effect" was not "previously unknown"...

There had been an earlier incident of a cytokine storm in humans tested with a similar drug...