Pharma Corrupt Practices_Glaxo / Bristol-Myers_Drug-induced Deaths / Homicides
Pharmaceutical industry corrupt practices are in evidence again, and again, and again.
Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law_PLoS
Evidence of an association between violence and widely prescribed antidepressant drugs is the focus of this Infomail.
NIH Calls it “Serious Miscondcut” Yet Agency Takes No Disciplinary actions_LA Times
The Los Angeles Times has uncovered yet additional evidence of financial misconduct and corrupt practices at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
PBS: “Bitter Pill” Based on Bloomberg Pharma’s Shameful Secret Report Airs on Friday 9/8
AIR: America’s Investigative Reports, is a new Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series whose first report, "A Bitter Pill," airs Friday, Sept. 8.
Curing medical mistakes–Change the Culture of Care_ Robert Wachter, MD
Dr. Robert Wachter, author of The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, provides an incisive blueprint for changing the culture in medicine. His starting point is the unexplained death of children following surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital, L.I.
Drug Firms Use Financial Clout To Push Industry Agenda at FDA
To gain understanding as to why lethal drugs pass FDA review, read the front page article in The Wall Street Journal (below) describing the transformation of the FDA from watchdog to lapdog.
FDA poised to change the health & wellbeing of all Americans
An illuminating essay by Byron Richards, author of Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA’s Betrayal of America, should be required reading for every member of Congress before voting Yes or NO on the appointment of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, who is poised to head the FDA.
On the Toxicity of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer-the Need for Vigilance
A study published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that advanced chemotherapy put patients at far greater
risks of harm than adverse effect reports from clinical trial data reveal.
ACNP Journal Editor Quits Amid Exposure of Conflicts of Interest
A notice from The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the inner sanctum of biological–predominantly drug-centered psychiatry–informs the
membership of the resignation of Dr. Charles Nemeroff, the Editor-in-Chief of its journal, Neuropsychopharmacology.
Marketing Suicide by Misapplying Population Trends_No Competing Interests?
Suicide rates fluctuate. Like the stock market their rise and fall is not due to a single decisive cause, but rather to a confluence of complex factors.
More Drugs Slapped with Lawsuits_Science Misconduct Blog
USA Today reports that last year the pharmaceutical industry "faced the most product liability lawsuits of any other industry."
FDA Strengthens Warnings on ADHD psychostimulant Drug Risks_NYT
The New York Times reports (below) that after months of foot dragging, the FDA has finally issued additional warnings on the labels of widely
prescribed psychostimulant drugs–Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta.