PEDIATRICS Vol. 95 No. 5 May 1995, pp. A36
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MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY DOCTOR IS CONVICTED OF FALSIFYING DATA IN DRUG STUDY

J. F. L. MD

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 7—A nationally known child psychiatrist has been convicted by a Federal jury of falsifying data in a $250,000 drug study at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Barry Garfinkel, who is widely respected for his work on suicide among teen-agers, was found guilty on Thursday after a two-week trial in which a former assistant testified that he had told her to "make up" data. The verdict makes him one of the few American scientists ever convicted of a crime in connection with a study of an experimental drug regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

Dr. Garfinkel, 46, was accused of falsifying reports during a study of Anafranil, an anti-depressant that he tested from 1986 to 1989 on patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders. His research was part of a national study to prove that Anafranil was safe and effective enough to be sold in the United States ...

Prosecutors admit it is rare to seek criminal charges against a scientist in such a case. Since 1978, only 24 doctors, including Dr. Garfinkel, have been convicted of crimes involving tests of new drugs, said Mark Brown, the associate chief counsel for the Food and Drug Administration, which oversees all such research.