{"id":249736,"date":"2025-09-23T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/249736\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:48:09","slug":"harvard-dean-cited-in-trumps-tylenol-warning-was-paid-expert-witness-in-2023-suit-against-drugmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/249736\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard dean cited in Trump’s Tylenol warning was paid expert witness in 2023 suit against drugmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Harvard researcher whose study about Tylenol\u2019s effects on pregnant women underpinned President Trump\u2019s Monday warning to expectant mothers to avoid the drug<\/a> was once a paid expert witness in a lawsuit against the manufacturer \u2014 and was ripped by a federal judge for unreliable, sloppy work.<\/p>\n

Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, dean of the Ivy League institution\u2019s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, co-authored a study analysis last month linking acetaminophen<\/a> \u2014 the pain reliever\u2019s active ingredient \u2014 to neurodevelopmental disorders including autism.<\/p>\n

The conclusion of the analysis, first reported by the Times<\/a> of London, warned pregnant women to \u201climit acetaminophen consumption to protect their offspring\u2019s neurodevelopment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has recommended that pregnant women stop using Tylenol. AP<\/p>\n

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary approvingly cited the review during Monday\u2019s announcement, insisting that the \u201coverwhelming body of evidence points to an association\u201d between Tylenol and autism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot wait any longer,\u201d added Makary, quoting Baccarelli\u2019s dire warning directly.<\/p>\n

Trump echoed the FDA chief\u2019s remarks, telling reporters from the Roosevelt Room<\/a>: \u201cWith Tylenol, don\u2019t take it! Don\u2019t take it.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announce the administration\u2019s autism findings at the White House on Monday. REUTERS<\/p>\n

However, Baccarelli served as a paid expert witness in an unsuccessful 2023 class-action suit against Tylenol maker Kenvue, brought by a group of parents who claimed their children\u2019s ADHD and autism were a result of the mothers taking the drug while pregnant.<\/p>\n

Baccarelli was one of five expert witnesses for the plaintiffs in the case \u2014 all of whom had their testimonies dismissed by a federal judge who deemed their conclusions \u201cunbalanced.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe discussion in his reports is incomplete, unbalanced and at times misleading,\u201d wrote Manhattan US District Judge Denise Cote. \u201cIn general, Dr. Baccarelli downplays those studies that undercut his causation thesis and emphasizes those that align with his thesis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cote further found the expert witnesses \u201chave not served to enlighten but to obfuscate the weakness of the evidence on which they purport to rely and the contradictions in the research.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, dean of Harvard University\u2019s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. @deanbaccarelli\/Threads<\/p>\n

Harvard confirmed to the Times that Baccarelli was a paid expert witness, but would not disclose how much he was compensated.<\/p>\n

In a statement shared with the White House ahead of Monday\u2019s press conference, Baccarelli restated his \u201crigorous\u201d National Institutes of Health-funded review of the potential risks of acetaminophen use during pregnancy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPatients who need fever or pain reduction during pregnancy should take the lowest effective dose of acetaminophen, for the shortest possible duration, after consultation with their physician about their individual risk-benefit calculation,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Other studies have shown a link between autism and prenatal use of Tylenol, but the scientific community has serious misgivings about their findings.<\/p>\n

The Coalition for Autism Scientists, which includes more than 250 American researchers, told the outlet that the administration\u2019s warnings about the drug \u201cdo not support the claim that Tylenol causes autism \u2026 and only stoke fear and falsely suggest hope when there is no simple answer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Harvard researcher whose study about Tylenol\u2019s effects on pregnant women underpinned President Trump\u2019s Monday warning to expectant…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":249737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[69,151,12291,210,336,1060,132395,80,67,132,68,1154,3149],"class_list":{"0":"post-249736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-fda","10":"tag-harvard","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-lawsuits","13":"tag-medication","14":"tag-pain-relievers","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-us-news","20":"tag-wellness"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115255345421519198","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}