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SEC Focusing on Drug Makers Disclosure_ Continuing Medical Ed Changes
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Eli Lilly Wants Insurers to Pay $1 billion in Zyprexa claims – AP
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NIH sponsored hypertension trial incites controversy: COI
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Glaxo Pricing Under DOJ investigation / GAO Report Says Medicaid Overpays for Drugs
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Vaccines the culprit – Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory – NYT
Vaccines the culprit – Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory – NYT Sun, 10 Nov 2002 A report in Sunday’s NY Times Magazine (excerpt below) reveals as much about the culture of arrogance exhibited by those who formulate public health policy, as it does about the link (long-denied) between a vaccine preservative containing…