Audit: 'Serious Ethical Issues' Surround Drug Trial Suicide
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's legislative auditor's office says it found "serious ethical issues" surrounding the suicide of a man enrolled in a University of Minnesota drug trial.
The report released Thursday says it's impossible to know whether Dan Markingson's enrollment in an anti-psychotic drug study caused him to take his own life in 2004.
But the Office of the Legislative Auditor says university leaders have continually dismissed concerns about the case. It recommends the Legislature require the school implement recommendations to strengthen its human research practices from a separate review last month.
University President Eric Kaler says in a letter accompanying the audit that the school is suspending enrollment in some drug studies through the psychiatry department and taking other actions in light of the findings.
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