March 13, 2009

Mass. Bans Pharma Gifts to Doctors

Massachusetts legislators approved regulations banning pharmaceutical and medical device companies from providing gifts to physicians, limiting when

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Mass. Bans Pharma Gifts to Doctors

March 13, 2009

Why big pharma mergers magnify failures_Haseltine_Atlantic

Below, one of the most insightful pithy analysis that I have read about what’s wrong with the

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Why big pharma mergers magnify failures_Haseltine_Atlantic

March 12, 2009

Seroquel Victim Asked Judge to Unseal Documents

The Associated Press reports (below) that lawyers for Ted Baker, 60, of Bastrop, La., have asked New

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Seroquel Victim Asked Judge to Unseal Documents

March 11, 2009

Obama picks Duo to Run FDA: Dr Hamburg, Commissioner; Dr. Sharfstein Deputy

This just in from the Wall Street Journal online: “During Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg’sr stint in New York,

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Obama picks Duo to Run FDA: Dr Hamburg, Commissioner; Dr. Sharfstein Deputy

March 10, 2009

Two Cases of Massive Fraud–Anesthesiology–Psychiatry

CASE 1. Anesthesiology News reports (below) that a leading anesthesiology researcher, Scott S. Reuben, MD, Director, Acute

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Two Cases of Massive Fraud–Anesthesiology–Psychiatry

March 9, 2009

Is the FDA a Broken Agency?

Is the FDA a broken agency? Critics: Tainted peanuts, peppers, blood thinner highlight need for overhaul The

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Is the FDA a Broken Agency?

March 8, 2009

Psychiatrists On the Take: the Focus of Government Investigations

The Boston Globe reports (below): "a complaint unsealed last week in US District Court in Boston, prosecutors

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Psychiatrists On the Take: the Focus of Government Investigations

March 8, 2009

Lawsuit Charges Medscape CME With Off-Label Promotion Scheme

Below, Merrill Goozner (GoozNews) reports that "a federal court in Boston unsealed a whistleblower-initiated lawsuit backed by

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Lawsuit Charges Medscape CME With Off-Label Promotion Scheme

March 8, 2009

“Eli Lilly and the Case for the Corporate Death Penalty”

Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and author of "Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic: How to Find

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“Eli Lilly and the Case for the Corporate Death Penalty”

March 5, 2009

Obama’s Health Plan Could be Hijacked by Industry Which Sees Good Business

"President Obama's opening gambit to dramatically expand the health-care system has attracted surprising notes of support from

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Obama’s Health Plan Could be Hijacked by Industry Which Sees Good Business

March 4, 2009

Doctors On the Take May Go to Prison

It appears that the medical profession is finally due for a rude awakening: by selling their professional

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Doctors On the Take May Go to Prison

March 4, 2009

Sen. Grassley to Pfizer: Provide Details of $$ to Harvard MedicalFaculty

Despite the fact that Harvard Medical School rules say that students on campus are supposed to be

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Sen. Grassley to Pfizer: Provide Details of $$ to Harvard MedicalFaculty

March 3, 2009

Harvard Medical Students Rebel Against Pharma-Ties

A front page report in the Business section of the New York Times should bestir some of

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Harvard Medical Students Rebel Against Pharma-Ties