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Couple Jailed for Falsifying Drug Results
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 24th, 2000
The man was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison and his wife to 2-1/2 years for conspiracy, mail fraud, and making false statements to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They were also ordered to make restitution of $26,000 to the FDA.
A jury in March 2000 found that the couple falsified data from clinical trials conducted between 1994 and 1995 on BCX-34, an experimental drug to treat psoriasis and skin cancer.
Prosecutors said the two planned...
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