The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs recently conducted an oversight hearing in response to recent events concerning a smoking cessation study at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The hearing focused on the risks to veterans enrolled in the study and the failure to properly alert study participants of the latest relevant safety information about pharmaceutical drugs used in ongoing research. The opening statements of all the witnesses and a link to the webcast are available on the Committee website.
Read the article on Military.com.
Hearing on VA Smoking Cessation Study
Week of July 21, 2008
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