cyclingnews : reported that UKAD launch damning attack on Team Sky and British Cycling over medical practices

However, he failed to log medical records with both British Cycling and Team Sky before reporting his laptop stolen in 2014. UK Anti-Doping Chief Executive Nicole Sapstead has heavily criticised British Cycling and Team Sky over their inability to keep vital medical records. "We've seen orders Team Sky and British Cycling that indicate that triamcinolone has been ordered," Sapstead said. Team Sky is a clean team. "We have asked for inventories and medical records, and we have not been able to ascertain that because there are no records.

Ukad chief's scathing attack on British Cycling and Team Sky medical records

Team Sky said in a statement they had "co-operated fully with Ukad's investigation and we will continue to do so. Sapstead said Freeman's dual role, with British Cycling and Sky, made keeping track of medical interventions all the harder. In contravention of Sky policies, Freeman failed to upload medical records from the race to a communal database, Sapstead said. While Freeman said it was Fluimucil, a non-proscribed decongestant, Sapstead said there were no records of British Cycling ever purchasing the drug in the UK. The two organisations even had different policies on keeping records of drugs, she said, with British Cycling appearing not to have any guidelines at all.

Trump's disingenuous attack on the FDA highlights the precarious future of medical research funds

Trump's disingenuous attack on the FDA highlights the precarious future of medical research fundsTrump used a survivor of a rare disease to attack the FDA. The FDA and NIH concurrently began encouraging development of rare disease treatments, and focused on conducting their own clinical research. Attacking FDA regulations as the culprit behind slow advances in medicine, Trump pointed to one of his special guests, college student Megan Crowley. That's what makes Trump's political showmanship particularly dangerous: His bid to slash regulations may sound like an attractive, simple answer. Trump's emotionally-loaded shot at the FDA last night, however, was deeply misleading from beginning to end.



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