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A commenter alleges that the FDA discovered fraud in historical clinical trials for Eli Lilly's antidepressant Prozac, where doctor investigators supposedly concealed serious adverse events like...

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A commenter alleges that the FDA discovered fraud in historical clinical trials for Eli Lilly's antidepressant Prozac, where doctor investigators supposedly concealed serious adverse events like violence and murder.

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RedditSep 24, 2026By u/Legitimate-Draft3340

r/clinicalresearch

Eli Lilly Horror

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Entertain me and tell me your Lilly horror stories

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  • [comment u/Ok_Organization_7350] Funny story #1 about Eli Lilly.

  • [comment u/Ok_Organization_7350] Regarding their clinical trials of their anti-depressant Prozac, later the FDA found out about fraud committed during the trials. They found out that clinical trial patients were having drug side effects such as random acts of violence and murder. But in order to not record those adverse events, the doctor investigators would give those study patients a back dated

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  • “Funny story #1 about Eli Lilly. Regarding their clinical trials of their anti-depressant Prozac, later the FDA found out about fraud committed during the trials. They found out that clinical trial patients were having drug side effects such as random acts of violence and murder. But in order to not record those adverse events, the doctor investigators would give those study patients a back dated”

    u/Ok_Organization_7350240 points · Sep 24, 2026View

  • “60 pages of informed consent template 👻”

    u/CreativeMap472394 points · Sep 24, 2026View

  • “If they were more open to remote work I'd jump there in a heartbeat 🤷”

    u/whatthefork-55 points · Sep 24, 2026View

  • “Search this sub and you'll find plenty”

    u/Master_Equal876711 points · Sep 24, 2026View

  • “I really meant to ask about experience as a CRAs, site working with Lilly or working directly for Lilly”

    u/Legitimate-Draft33409 points · Sep 24, 2026View

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  • Prozac

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Sep 24, 2026
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        "author": "Ok_Organization_7350",
        "excerpt": "Funny story #1 about Eli Lilly.\n\n Regarding their clinical trials of their anti-depressant Prozac, later the FDA found out about fraud committed during the trials. They found out that clinical trial patients were having drug side effects such as random acts of violence and murder. But in order to not record those adverse events, the doctor investigators would give those study patients a back dated",
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