Blind Trust

How Parents with a Sick Child Can Escape the Labyrinth of Lies, Hypocrisy and False Promises

Klaus Rose
Hammersmith Books
240 pages
ISBN: 9781781612026
January 2022

So-called ‘paediatric’ pharmaceutical studies have become an international multi-billion business, yet much of this activity is founded on a series of flawed concepts that have led to an immeasurable waste of resources and serious, ongoing medical abuse. In this revelatory book, the former head of paediatric drug research at two major pharmaceutical companies provides a guide for parents and non-specialists interested in advancing the health of children―both individuals facing serious disease and groups of children enrolled in testing programs. Rose explains the key differences between clinically-directed and administratively-directed research, what will potentially benefit or harm children, and how laws need to change around the world so that true advances can be made.