QuaterWatch: 1,000 + deaths –>Digoxin / Suicide/ Violence –>Chantix
The latest QuarterWatch report (May 7, 2009) by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) found the following disturbing trends during the third Quarter of 2008:
NAMI Acknowledges: 56% of Budget Comes from Drug Companies
In its response to Sen. Grassley’s probe, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) acknowledges that a majority of its funds over the last five years, 56% on average, have come from drug corporations.
Merck Paid Elsevier to Publish Phony Peer-Review Journal
Merck is reported to have created a fake "peer-reviewed" journal to present favorable data that made its potentially fatal drugs–Fosamax and Vioxx–look good.
Rebecca Riley’s doctor now the target of a grand jury
The Patriot Ledger reports that Rebecca Riley’s psychiatrist, Dr. Kayoko Kifuji, is under criminal investigation by a grand jury.
FDA-US Justice Dept. Withdraw Amicus Brief in Colacicco v. Apotex Inc,
“Every failure-to-warn case against a drug company has been affected by Wyeth”