January 4, 2013

Can Medical Research be Trusted?

Commercially corrupted medicine is the leading cause of death in the US—and it is bankrupting the US

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Can Medical Research be Trusted?

March 28, 2012

Cancer Research False Claims

A committee of the National Academy of Sciences heard testimony about the tenfold increase during the last

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Cancer Research False Claims

July 19, 2010

NYT Promotes Alzheimer’s Expansion

Miller promoted unsubstantiated claims about "Weapons of Mass Destruction" on the front page of The New York

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NYT Promotes Alzheimer’s Expansion

July 25, 2009

ACRE–A High Powered Harvard Stealth Pharma Front Group

Daniel Carlat, MD , is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Tufts University School of Medicine Publisher and

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ACRE–A High Powered Harvard Stealth Pharma Front Group

May 5, 2009

Merck Paid Elsevier to Publish Phony Peer-Review Journal

Documents uncovered during the Australian class action lawsuit involving 1,000 consumers, against Merck & Co and its

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Merck Paid Elsevier to Publish Phony Peer-Review Journal

March 13, 2009

Why big pharma mergers magnify failures_Haseltine_Atlantic

Below, one of the most insightful pithy analysis that I have read about what’s wrong with the

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Why big pharma mergers magnify failures_Haseltine_Atlantic

March 8, 2009

Lawsuit Charges Medscape CME With Off-Label Promotion Scheme

Below, Merrill Goozner (GoozNews) reports that "a federal court in Boston unsealed a whistleblower-initiated lawsuit backed by

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Lawsuit Charges Medscape CME With Off-Label Promotion Scheme

March 21, 2007

Non-profit Fronts for Drug Industry_Boston Globe

The Boston Globe reports that "little attention has been paid to smaller nonprofits, especially patient groups that

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Non-profit Fronts for Drug Industry_Boston Globe

March 21, 2007

Medical Prostitution: Doctors On the Take–Minnesota an example, NYT

The information thus obtained is the focus of a front page report in The NewYork Times. The

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Medical Prostitution: Doctors On the Take–Minnesota an example, NYT

February 1, 2007

Cong. Hearings Loom: Pfizer, Halliburton

Bloomberg News reports that corporations that had until now been shielded byRepublicans who controlled Congress–as for example,

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Cong. Hearings Loom: Pfizer, Halliburton

January 23, 2007

Showdown Looms in Congress Over Drug Advertising on TV

Direct to consumer drug advertising is a U.S. phenomenon (with the exceptionof New Zealand drug ads are

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Showdown Looms in Congress Over Drug Advertising on TV

January 6, 2007

NEJM- Caught Covering Up for National Kidney Foundation–an indudstry front group

 The latest example of corruption at the NEJM was reported by The Wall StreetJournal (below).  The NEJM

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NEJM- Caught Covering Up for National Kidney Foundation–an indudstry front group

October 26, 2006

Bayh-Dole Act: The Law of Unintended Consequences – Fortune

Bayh-Dole Act: The Law of Unintended Consequences – Fortune Sun, 25 Sep 2005 The author of this

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Bayh-Dole Act: The Law of Unintended Consequences – Fortune

September 22, 2006

2 letters Re: Dr. Nemeroff Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest_WSJ

Success in academic psychiatry is not measured in the improvement of patients' mental health, but rather in

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2 letters Re: Dr. Nemeroff Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest_WSJ