January 31, 2006 Jane Pauley- from Steroids to mania to depression to Bi-Polar-to Drugs for LifeFormer Today host, Jane Pauley, had repetitive bouts of hives at age 7, 14, and 21 for Read More 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_NewsweekThe irony is that in their exuberance to embrace psychoactive drugs (prescribed singly and in combination cocktails) Read More Experts Debate Psych Drug Effectiveness, But Overlook Key Element of Recovery_Newsweek
January 30, 2006 Scientific integrity: ?Truth? versus methodAn original essay by Dr. Marc Girard, a mathematician and physician who serves on the editorial board Read More Scientific integrity: ?Truth? versus method
January 30, 2006 Drug Safety Issues-IOM Panel Blasts FDA Advisory Committee ProcessBelow is an informative and illuminating report in “The Pink Sheet” about the January 17 meeting of Read More Drug Safety Issues-IOM Panel Blasts FDA Advisory Committee Process
January 30, 2006 Fight Was All About Scientific Integrity_Jonathan FishbeinAn interview in with Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, the former Director of the Office for Policy in Clinical Read More Fight Was All About Scientific Integrity_Jonathan Fishbein
January 29, 2006 Meta-analysis: Methods, strengths, weaknesses, and political usesA critical examination of meta-analysis studies by John H. Noble, Jr, Ph.D, AHRP Treasurer, who recently retired Read More Meta-analysis: Methods, strengths, weaknesses, and political uses
January 28, 2006 U.S. Subpoena Opens a New Front in Investigation ofGuidant Heart DevicesThe New York Times reports that federal prosecutors had merged their inquiry with an earlier one by Read More U.S. Subpoena Opens a New Front in Investigation ofGuidant Heart Devices
January 26, 2006 Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers_Journal HypocrisyThis is a follow-up to Tuesday’s Infomail about the recommendations of a group of prominent physicians who Read More Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers_Journal Hypocrisy
January 25, 2006 FDA shielding Big PharmaAn insightful and scathing critical analysis of FDA’s new rule–and what it seeks to accomplish–by Stephen Pizzo, Read More FDA shielding Big Pharma
January 24, 2006 Coalition letter to Charles Curie, Administrator, SAMHSADecember 12, 2005 Mr. Charles Curie Office of the Administrator Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Read More 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 Read More Panel Urges Academia to BAN Drug Marketing
January 24, 2006 Medtronic spent at least $50 million on payments to doctorsThe New York Times reports that a whistle blower lawsuit has been filed against Medtronic (now part Read More 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 Read More Institute of Medicine Committee: FDA drug label “is irrelevant”
January 22, 2006 If the auto industry operated like Big PharmaIf the auto industry operated like Big Pharma: fifteen things you might notice Friday, July 22, 2005 Read More If the auto industry operated like Big Pharma