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

August 9, 2010

Anesthesiologist who Committed Major Fraud Claims Bipolar Defense

In 2009, Anesthesiology News reported that a routine audit at Baystate Medical Center (in 2008) uncovered "one

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Anesthesiologist who Committed Major Fraud Claims Bipolar Defense

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?

March 5, 2010

Shame on the editors of the Washington Times!

Were the editors of the Washington Times asleep at the helm when they disseminated an OpEd tirade

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Shame on the editors of the Washington Times!

February 22, 2010

Columbia University Blood Experiment Revisited_TRUTHOUT

Medical ethics requires that in any research involving human beings, "the benefits, risks, burdens and effectiveness of

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Columbia University Blood Experiment Revisited_TRUTHOUT

December 10, 2009

BMJ Demands Raw Data From Pharma Clinical Trials

The controversy surrounding the frenzied promotion of the drug, Tamiflu (oseltamivir) has exploded in several scientific venues

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BMJ Demands Raw Data From Pharma Clinical Trials

October 28, 2009

Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse

In the second half of the twentieth century, Soviet psychiatrists collaborated with their government: Soviet psychiatrists prescribed

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Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse

September 21, 2009

Medical Journal Editors to Crackdown on Ghostwriting_NYT

The New York Times reports (below) that: "In medical journal circles, the exorcism of industry-financed editorial assistance

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Medical Journal Editors to Crackdown on Ghostwriting_NYT

September 21, 2009

84% Americans Blame Big Pharma for Healthcare mess

A Harris Poll held in August found that 84% of Americans have wised up to the pharmaceutical

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84% Americans Blame Big Pharma for Healthcare mess

August 22, 2009

Merck’s HPV Gardasil Vaccine: Risks, Benefits, Marketing_JAMA

Two reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) [1][2] and an editorial written by

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Merck’s HPV Gardasil Vaccine: Risks, Benefits, Marketing_JAMA

August 5, 2009

Ghosted Journal Articles Undermine Integrity of Medicine

For years we have disseminated reports documenting one after another uncovered case of corruption demonstrating that so-called

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Ghosted Journal Articles Undermine Integrity of Medicine

July 29, 2009

Pfizer-Neurontin Trial Testimony:”snake-oil list”

In 2004, Pfizer settled an illegal Neurontin marketing case with the U.S. Justice Department for $430 million. 

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Pfizer-Neurontin Trial Testimony:”snake-oil list”

June 7, 2009

Is FDA Bipolar or Complicit in Legitimizing Illegal Marketing?

FDA officials are ignoring the real world tragedies–drug-induced deaths of children. Unfortunately for the children, child psychiatrists

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Is FDA Bipolar or Complicit in Legitimizing Illegal Marketing?