Pfizer’s $2.3 Billion Settlement Leaves Victims in the lurch
Pfizer, the world’s largest drug manufacturer has the dubious distinction of being a corporate "repeat offender…"
Ghostwritten reports corrupt science, undermine public health
Ghostwritten journal reports masquerading as scientifically validated reports are a menace to public health.
Merck’s HPV Gardasil Vaccine: Risks, Benefits, Marketing_JAMA
What possible risk/ benefit standard can justify giving an inadequately studied vaccine whose risks include serious, permanent adverse effects–including death– to millions of girls and women–who will likely never get cervical cancer?
Sen. Grassley Moves to Block Ghostwriting
Until now, American medicine as a profession has turned a blind eye and deaf ear to ghostwritten journal articles that have corrupted the integrity of the medical literature, displacing science-based medicine with corporate propaganda masquerading as science.
Top FDA Officials, Compromised by Conflicts of Interest
Two high ranking FDA officials’ conflicts of interest have led one to resign, the other is under investigation by the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services:
FDA Approves Another Dangerous Antipsychotic, Asenapine
At the July 30, 2009 FDA advisory committee hearing, the only formal presentations at the meeting were a summary of the safety and efficacy data by the sponsor.
Schism Between Ethical Principles and the US Regulatory System
A system that was established to safeguard human subjects by implementing those ethical principles is, instead, geared toward lending the appearance of legitimacy to ethical expediency and corner-cutting at the expense of safety for the subjects of clinical trials and for consumers who are at increased risk of harm from defective drugs and devices.
Safety Concerns about the of H1N1 Swine flu Vaccine & Public Policy
History is about to repeat itself: This is a follow up to a July 26, 2009 I nfomail.
Big Pharma Declares Victory in Deal With White House
Essentially PhRMA won the right to continue bilking the beleaguered American taxpayer–a concession won under the Bush Administration which prohibited Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.
Ghosted Journal Articles Undermine Integrity of Medicine
Today’s New York Times reports (below) that "court documents provide a paper trail showing that Wyeth contracted with a medical communications company to outline articles, draft them and then solicit top physicians to sign their names, even though many of the doctors contributed little or no writing."
Pfizer-Neurontin Trial Testimony:”snake-oil list”
“I was trained from day one to market the drug illegally…My job was to promote Neurontin and motivate doctors to experiment on patients. After being hired as a medical liaison, I was selling drugs. The uses promoted were from the “snake-oil list” of 13 medical conditions."
US Federal Judge Orders Wyeth Documents Unsealed
A U.S. federal judge has issued an order to unseal thousands of Wyeth Pharmaceutical documents that provide details about the company’s "mammoth" ghostwriting campaign.