Schering-Plough Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy Fined $435 Million for Promoting Off-Label Use
The pharmaceutical industry seems to be predisposed to corporate crime– much as the Mafia is–it’s their way of doing business.
THE SCIENTIST–Former Head of UK Psychopharmacology says Money Didn’t Sway Dr. Nemeroff
A follow-up to news reports about the conflict of interest scandal that has engulfed not only Dr. Charles Nemeroff, former president and editor in chief of the official journal of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, but the College itself.
FDA poised to change the health & wellbeing of all Americans
An illuminating essay by Byron Richards, author of Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA’s Betrayal of America, should be required reading for every member of Congress before voting Yes or NO on the appointment of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, who is poised to head the FDA.
On the Toxicity of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer-the Need for Vigilance
A study published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that advanced chemotherapy put patients at far greater
risks of harm than adverse effect reports from clinical trial data reveal.
ACNP Journal Editor Quits Amid Exposure of Conflicts of Interest
A notice from The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the inner sanctum of biological–predominantly drug-centered psychiatry–informs the
membership of the resignation of Dr. Charles Nemeroff, the Editor-in-Chief of its journal, Neuropsychopharmacology.
Marketing Suicide by Misapplying Population Trends_No Competing Interests?
Suicide rates fluctuate. Like the stock market their rise and fall is not due to a single decisive cause, but rather to a confluence of complex factors.
More Drugs Slapped with Lawsuits_Science Misconduct Blog
USA Today reports that last year the pharmaceutical industry "faced the most product liability lawsuits of any other industry."
NYT Editorial: Safe Drug Testing in Prisons?
An editorial in today's New York Times is a follow-up to its riveting report by Ian Urbina on the recommendation by an Institute of Medicine panel to
lift 1978 federal restrictions on medical experiments on prisoners. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/us/13inmates.html?
FDA Strengthens Warnings on ADHD psychostimulant Drug Risks_NYT
The New York Times reports (below) that after months of foot dragging, the FDA has finally issued additional warnings on the labels of widely
prescribed psychostimulant drugs–Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta.
Texas Comptroller orders 5 doctors: return Medicaid psych drug money_
AHRP applauds Ms. Stayorn for taking action after gathering data–and standing up to the pharmaceutical industry driven-psychotropic drug prescribing practice that is destroying children’s brains.
Merck loses Two Vioxx liability cases in one day
The verdict is th fourth multi-million dollar loss for Merck in Vioxx litigation.
Study: Antipsychotics Not Effective for Childhood Schizophrenia
Industry’s blockbuster sellers–the atypical antipsychotics performed WORSE than their cheaper, non-patented precursors.