FDA Staff Travels on Drug Industry Dollars
The Center for Public Integrity reports that FDA officials circumvent the prohibition on accepting trips from drug and medical device manufacturers.
Bill Frist’s most Frequent Corporate Flight Hosts–Pharmaceutical companies
The nation’s most powerful legislators have grown accustomed to riding in plush private coporate jets. How does that affect public policy?
ADHD Drug Risks: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Problems
"This is out-of-control use of drugs that have profound cardiovascular consequences. We have got a potential public health crisis. I think patients and families need to be made aware of these concerns."
When Trust in Doctors Erodes
"Soon, intuition and the personal experience of friends and family may seem as trustworthy as advice from a doctor in diagnosing an illness or judging a treatment."
Jane Pauley- from Steroids to mania to depression to Bi-Polar-to Drugs for Life
"After another four months or so on antidepressants, bringing me to a total of 10 months between the steroids and antidepressants, I was suddenly flipped into this hypomania."
Meta-analysis: Methods, strengths, weaknesses, and political uses
A critical examination of meta-analysis studies by John H. Noble, Jr, Ph.D, AHRP Treasurer
Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers_Journal Hypocrisy
"32% of the advertisements [in peer reviewed journals] misled readers regarding efficacy, 40% did not provide balanced descriptions of the side effects, and 44% could lead to improper prescribing if the physician did not use other sources of information regarding the drug."
Coalition letter to Charles Curie, Administrator, SAMHSA
We are, however, very distressed at what appears to us to be a significant discrepancy between your statements and the reality of SAMHSA’s role in implementing the NFC report recommendations, as well as other discrepancies between your statements and SAMHSA’s actions.
Panel Urges Academia to BAN Drug Marketing
Correction! A panel calling itself the Institute of Medicine as a Profession (IMP) is calling for a ban on the intermingling of industry and academic scholars and physicians. This is NOT affiliated with the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
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?"
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.
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."