Study Coordinator Charged in Scheme to Falsify Clinical Trial Data Details Written by Justice Department
Miami, Florida - A federal grand jury in Miami, Florida, returned an indictment Tuesday charging a Florida woman with conspiring to falsify clinical trial data regarding an asthma medication.
According to court documents, Jessica Palacio, 34, of Miami, worked as a study coordinator at a clinical trial firm in Miami called Unlimited Medical Research. Unlimited Medical Research was one of many companies hired to conduct a clinical trial designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of an asthma medication in children. The indictment alleges that Palacio participated in a scheme to falsify medical records to make it appear as though pediatric subjects made scheduled visits to Unlimited Medical Research, received physical exams from a clinical investigator, and took study drugs as required, when in fact these things had not occurred. The indictment
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Dr. Yvelice Villaman Bencosme of Miami falsified clinical trial data for a children’s asthma medication, the DOJ said. (Shutterstock)
MIAMI, FL A Miami doctor pleaded guilty to falsifying clinical trial data for a children s asthma medication and committing wire fraud Friday, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
Dr. Yvelice Villaman Bencosme, 64, served as the primary investigator for clinical trials purportedly conducted at a medical clinic called Unlimited Medical Research in Miami.
In pleading guilty, she admitted that between 2013 to 2016 she participated in a scheme to defraud an unnamed pharmaceutical company by fabricating the data and participation of subjects in a clinical trial at Unlimited Medical, the DOJ said.