December 23, 2010

1991-2010 Enormous Scale of Pharma Criminal Fraud Settlements

 A report by Public Citizen documents the enormous scale of pharmaceutical industry lawless activities during the past

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1991-2010 Enormous Scale of Pharma Criminal Fraud Settlements

December 17, 2010

Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity Fair

A disturbing report by the Inspector General of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, "Challenges

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Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity Fair

November 30, 2010

Psychiatry Texbook Penned by Two Academic Leaders –GSK Ghosted

A letter of complaint, by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) was sent to the director of

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Psychiatry Texbook Penned by Two Academic Leaders –GSK Ghosted

October 3, 2010

Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs

A New York Times report (below) reviews what has been accomplished by multiple civil and criminal lawsuits

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Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs

September 23, 2010

Former Sen Finance Committee Investigator Speaks Out

"…what they’ve been doing for years is buying off doctors to sell their products and a doctor’s

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Former Sen Finance Committee Investigator Speaks Out

August 30, 2010

Research Integrity: Don’t Mess With the DSMB

An editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine, by its editor Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., and

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Research Integrity: Don’t Mess With the DSMB

August 23, 2010

Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott

Kudos to Carl Elliott, MD, PhD,  whose powerful article, “Making a Killing,” published in Mother Jones, is

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Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott

July 26, 2010

Ana Cantu was a Human Guinea Pig in a Drug Trial for $4,800

Below, a testimonial by Ana Cantu who was one of the healthy volunteers –"a human guinea pig"

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Ana Cantu was a Human Guinea Pig in a Drug Trial for $4,800

July 21, 2010

Another Coffin Nail for Avandia

The suspension follows the suspension of the TIDE trial in India, July 14, at the request of

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Another Coffin Nail for Avandia

July 19, 2010

NYT Promotes Alzheimer’s Expansion

Miller promoted unsubstantiated claims about "Weapons of Mass Destruction" on the front page of The New York

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NYT Promotes Alzheimer’s Expansion

July 15, 2010

Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?

In 2007, an FDA advisory panel voted 22 to 1 to keep GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug, Avandia (Rosiglitazone)

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Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?

July 10, 2010

Devastating FDA Safety Review of Avandia

Until now, FDA officials in the all-powerful center for new drug evaluation (called CEDER), have, for the

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Devastating FDA Safety Review of Avandia

June 17, 2010

NIH Reform Compromised By Chief NIMH Psychiatrist

An investigative report by The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 6, 2010) provided details about the surrreptitious

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NIH Reform Compromised By Chief NIMH Psychiatrist

June 14, 2010

New Theory of Alzheimer’s Explains Drug Failures

The Wall Street Journal reports (below) that: “A group of major pharmaceutical companies will share pooled data

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New Theory of Alzheimer’s Explains Drug Failures