The saga of former Duke University cancer researcher Anil Potti, MD, continues. Eight patients (or their estates) who participated in the clinical trials conducted by Dr. Potti and colleagues are now suing him and the university.
A lawsuit was filed in Durham Superior Court in North Carolina. The suit names as defendants Duke University, Duke University Heath System, 5 researchers (including Dr. Potti and his collaborator Joseph Nevins, PhD), and CancerGuide Diagnostics (in which both Dr. Potti and Dr. Nevins had an interest). In the lawsuit, filed on September 7, the plaintiffs assert that they participated under false pretence in a “fraudulent clinical trial” and were exposed to improper and unnecessary chemotherapy and treatment. In addition, the treatment regimens were based on falsified medical research.
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