U.S. Subpoena Opens a New Front in Investigation ofGuidant Heart Devices
"The subpoena shows that the government is investigating Guidant for possible violations of health care statutes
FDA shielding Big Pharma
"Now they are terrified that their crimes of commission and omission could reap them the same whirlwind harvest of accountability."
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.
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?"
If the auto industry operated like Big Pharma
Your average car would cost $4.5 million, representing a 30,000% markup over cost, which is typical for prescription drugs.
FDA warns diet drugs contain Prozac and Librium
Pharmaceutical News reports that the FDA has issued warnings about diet pills from Brazil marketed as dietary supplements, that contain Prozac and Librium.
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.
Prescription for Disaster–Shift to Medicare leaves Patients Stranded
In what appears to be a re-run of the Katrina rescue disaster–The New York Times front page report provides yet another example of mindless and heartless shot gun public polices that are being tested on a vulnerable population of citizens:
“this was a drug bill written by and for lobbyists”
Two items in today’s New York Times illustrate the contrast between what the Administration claims it’s legislative / regulatory proposals will do for health care, and what they actually do after they’ve taken effect.
Big Pharma: The Fool’s Gold that Heals_New Book
Big Pharma by Jacky Law reveals that in essence, most of the pharmaceutical industry’s claims are false; it is not the drug, but the placebo effect whose potency deserves almost all of the credit for any health improvement:
FDA Plan Would Aid Drug Makers in Liability Suits
FDA political appointees have embarked on a plan to divest the American consumer of the right to seek compensation for defective prescription drugs.
S. Finance Committee Investigates Drug Makers Over Medical Education Grants_NYT
The Senate Finance committee is cracking down on drug industry "educational grants" to physicians, medical associations and "patient advocacy" groups.