January 31, 2006

Jane Pauley- from Steroids to mania to depression to Bi-Polar-to Drugs for Life

Former Today host, Jane Pauley, had repetitive bouts of hives at age 7, 14, and 21 for

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Jane Pauley- from Steroids to mania to depression to Bi-Polar-to Drugs for Life

January 31, 2006

Experts Debate Psych Drug Effectiveness, But Overlook Key Element of Recovery_Newsweek

The irony is that in their exuberance to embrace psychoactive drugs (prescribed singly and in combination cocktails)

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Experts Debate Psych Drug Effectiveness, But Overlook Key Element of Recovery_Newsweek

January 30, 2006

Scientific integrity: ?Truth? versus method

An original essay by Dr. Marc Girard, a mathematician and physician who serves on the editorial board

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Scientific integrity: ?Truth? versus method

January 30, 2006

Drug Safety Issues-IOM Panel Blasts FDA Advisory Committee Process

Below is an informative and illuminating report in “The Pink Sheet” about the January 17 meeting of

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Drug Safety Issues-IOM Panel Blasts FDA Advisory Committee Process

January 30, 2006

Fight Was All About Scientific Integrity_Jonathan Fishbein

An interview in with Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, the former Director of the Office for Policy in Clinical

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Fight Was All About Scientific Integrity_Jonathan Fishbein

January 29, 2006

Meta-analysis: Methods, strengths, weaknesses, and political uses

A critical examination of meta-analysis studies by John H. Noble, Jr, Ph.D, AHRP Treasurer, who recently retired

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Meta-analysis: Methods, strengths, weaknesses, and political uses

January 28, 2006

U.S. Subpoena Opens a New Front in Investigation ofGuidant Heart Devices

The New York Times reports that federal prosecutors had merged their inquiry with an earlier one by

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U.S. Subpoena Opens a New Front in Investigation ofGuidant Heart Devices

January 26, 2006

Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers_Journal Hypocrisy

This is a follow-up to Tuesday’s Infomail about the recommendations of a group of prominent physicians who

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Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers_Journal Hypocrisy

January 25, 2006

FDA shielding Big Pharma

An insightful and scathing critical analysis of FDA’s new rule–and what it seeks to accomplish–by Stephen Pizzo,

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FDA shielding Big Pharma

January 24, 2006

Coalition letter to Charles Curie, Administrator, SAMHSA

December 12, 2005 Mr. Charles Curie Office of the Administrator Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Coalition letter to Charles Curie, Administrator, SAMHSA

January 24, 2006

Panel Urges Academia to BAN Drug Marketing

 For at least six years, we have called for the restoration of an impenetrable firewall between academic

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Panel Urges Academia to BAN Drug Marketing

January 24, 2006

Medtronic spent at least $50 million on payments to doctors

The New York Times reports that a whistle blower lawsuit has been filed against Medtronic (now part

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Medtronic spent at least $50 million on payments to doctors

January 23, 2006

Institute of Medicine Committee: FDA drug label “is irrelevant”

Two reports in FDC’s “Pink Sheet” focus on the controversial new rule issued by the FDA: At

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Institute of Medicine Committee: FDA drug label “is irrelevant”

January 22, 2006

If the auto industry operated like Big Pharma

If the auto industry operated like Big Pharma: fifteen things you might notice  Friday, July 22, 2005

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If the auto industry operated like Big Pharma