Mass. Bans Pharma Gifts to Doctors
But, funding for research aimed at answering a scientific question will still not have to be disclosed…
Why big pharma mergers magnify failures_Haseltine_Atlantic
"Radical restructuring, not merger mania, is the need of our time." Dr. William Haseltine
Seroquel Victim Asked Judge to Unseal Documents
Why is FDA Silent? Seroquel Victim Asked Judge to Unseal Documents for FDA Advisory
Obama picks Duo to Run FDA: Dr Hamburg, Commissioner; Dr. Sharfstein Deputy
Dr. Margaret "Peggy" Hamburg, a former health commissioner in New York City, is the leading candidate to become FDA commissioner, the agency's top job, while Baltimore health chief Joshua Sharfstein is in line to become a deputy commissioner
Two Cases of Massive Fraud–Anesthesiology–Psychiatry
Two major cases of medical fraud have undermined patient safety and the integrity of the medico-scientific literature: But how each specialty responded is a study in contrast.
Is the FDA a Broken Agency?
“You’ve got an agency that quite frankly is either non-functional, or dysfunctional, or maybe all of the above. “Bet yourself a new hat or a fine dinner that you are going to have a scandal a month. They are running around like a lot of headless chickens.” said Rep. John Dingell.
Psychiatrists On the Take: the Focus of Government Investigations
Two prominent academic-psychiatrists–Jeffrey Bostic MD, director of school psychiatry, Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital, and Charles Nemeroff MD, the former chairman of psychiatry at Emory–are featured in current government investigations.
Lawsuit Charges Medscape CME With Off-Label Promotion Scheme
New revelations in an unsealed whistleblower-initiated lawsuit filed in Boston add yet another dimension to the scope and magnitude of corruption that has derailed American medicine–the focus is tainted Continuing Medical Education.
“Eli Lilly and the Case for the Corporate Death Penalty”
"The corporate death penalty may be appropriate in cases involving recidivist violators, corporations that are deemed to be incapable of reform (i.e. inherently criminogenic)…"
Obama’s Health Plan Could be Hijacked by Industry Which Sees Good Business
The Washington Post suggests, the chance for success in overhauling US healthcare depends on President Obama's ability to keep the major–discordant–players on board.
Doctors On the Take May Go to Prison
Like their benefactors–drug manufacturers–who violate the law, doctors will be prosecuted in court by the federal government.
Supreme Court Rules Against Pharma Preemption
U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against Wyeth (and by extension, the pharmaceutical industry) which claimed immunity from liability for its failure warn about adverse drug effects by invoking FDA preemption