# Vaccine trial whistle blower

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-06-23T06:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial, Revelations of poor practices at a contract research company https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635 Pfizer’s pivotal covid-19 vaccine trial, raise questions about data integrity and regulatory oversight This was the original paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2034577 Autumn 2020 Pfizer’s chairman and chief executive, Albert Bourla As I’ve said before, we are operating at the speed of science Ventavia Research Group https://www.ventaviaresearch.com Researchers were testing Pfizer’s vaccine at several sites in Texas A regional director, Brook Jackson has told The BMJ that the company falsified data unblinded patients employed inadequately trained vaccinators was slow to follow up on adverse events reported in Pfizer’s pivotal phase III trial Staff who conducted quality control checks were overwhelmed by the volume of problems they were finding. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were informed Ventavia fired her later the same day. The BMJ has been provided with dozens of internal company documents, photos, audio recordings, and emails. She repeatedly informed her superiors poor laboratory management patient safety concerns data integrity issues that drug assignment confirmation printouts were being left in participants’ charts, accessible to blinded personnel (later corrected) company wasn’t able to quantify the types and number of errors they were finding when examining the trial paperwork for quality control ICON, the contract research organisation https://www.iconplc.com/services/clinical-research-services/data-management/?creative=528047015643&keyword=small%20clinical%20research%20organizations&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&campaignid=6…

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