Institute of Medicine Committee: FDA drug label “is irrelevant”
"It’s not a question of just knowing the risks and it’s not a question of labeling against risk. The question is how do you change behavior?"
If the auto industry operated like Big Pharma
Your average car would cost $4.5 million, representing a 30,000% markup over cost, which is typical for prescription drugs.
FDA warns diet drugs contain Prozac and Librium
Pharmaceutical News reports that the FDA has issued warnings about diet pills from Brazil marketed as dietary supplements, that contain Prozac and Librium.
FDA is Selling the Brooklyn Bridge
This issue is NOT about trial lawyers, this issue is about the rights and health, and safety of ordinary citizens.
Prescription for Disaster–Shift to Medicare leaves Patients Stranded
In what appears to be a re-run of the Katrina rescue disaster–The New York Times front page report provides yet another example of mindless and heartless shot gun public polices that are being tested on a vulnerable population of citizens:
Sec Defense Rumsfeld Tamiflu Holdings
Fortune Magazine confirms our report (October) that "The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it’s proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary."
“this was a drug bill written by and for lobbyists”
Two items in today’s New York Times illustrate the contrast between what the Administration claims it’s legislative / regulatory proposals will do for health care, and what they actually do after they’ve taken effect.
Big Pharma: The Fool’s Gold that Heals_New Book
Big Pharma by Jacky Law reveals that in essence, most of the pharmaceutical industry’s claims are false; it is not the drug, but the placebo effect whose potency deserves almost all of the credit for any health improvement:
FDA Plan Would Aid Drug Makers in Liability Suits
FDA political appointees have embarked on a plan to divest the American consumer of the right to seek compensation for defective prescription drugs.
STOP the Mental Health-Child Psychiatry Industry From Diverting Public Funds
Internal e-mail exhorts university staff to lobby Congress for increased funds to increase number of children declared mentally ill.
S. Finance Committee Investigates Drug Makers Over Medical Education Grants_NYT
The Senate Finance committee is cracking down on drug industry "educational grants" to physicians, medical associations and "patient advocacy" groups.
FDA Weakens Rules on Testing New Drugs_LA Times
FDA is speeding the testing of unknown, potentially toxic products in humans (Phase I trials) without adequate pre-human tests.