Non-profit Fronts for Drug Industry_Boston Globe
These paid lobbying efforts on behalf of industry are carried out under the pretext of advocacy in the public interest.
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Medical Prostitution: Doctors On the Take–Minnesota an example, NYT
Minnesota is the first of a handful of states to pass a law requiring drug manufacturers to disclose payments to doctors.
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The Damaging Impact of PDUFA and Why It Should be Repealed
The re-prioritization of rapid approvals occurred at the expense of drug safety standards,
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The Secret Eli Lilly Zyprexa Documents–A Case For CivilDisobedience
A First Amendment lawyer challenges the rationale given by Judge Jack Weinstein for sealing the Zyprexa documents in the first place.
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US Organ Harvesting in “Not Yet Dead” patients
Are you aware that if you are in an accident in the U.S. your organs may be surgically removed without your consent?
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Pharma Giants Under Investigation by UK Serious Fraud Office
The Guardian reports that the Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into allegations that a number of major UK-based firms paid bribes to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.
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Daubert Explicated: Putting Science in the Dock_The Nation
"Daubert lets judges have much too much leeway to follow their personal inclinations," says Stanley Feldman, retired chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
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HPV Vaccine Researcher Blasts Mandatory Marketing
Dr. Diane M. Harper, a lead researcher in the development of the humanpapilloma virus vaccine, who says giving the drug to 11-year-old girls "is a great big public health experiment."
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U of Toronto Endowment: Alternative Care Research by Mental Patients
A new century has bred a group of young educated people openly supporting each other in a bid to consolidate their strengths:
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The Case Against Mandatory HPV Vaccinations
The fracas arising from Merck’s aggressive lobbying states to mandate its new HPV vaccine, Gardasil, for 11 year old girls has kicked up a dust storm and drawn a line in the sand.
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Russian Prosecutors Probe GSK: Illegal Vaccine Experiments on Children
Experimental Vaccine tests on minors are illegal in Russia.
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Minnesota Dean Medical School on Pepsi Board
"When an expert joins this kind of board, clearly it's going to compromise their ability to speak out"