Medical Prostitution: Doctors On the Take–Minnesota an example, NYT
Minnesota is the first of a handful of states to pass a law requiring drug manufacturers to disclose payments to doctors.
Minnesota is the first of a handful of states to pass a law requiring drug manufacturers to disclose payments to doctors.
Pharmaceutical companies, much like the tobacco industry, have made fortunes by engaging in lies, deception, and illegal practices that are making people sick and causing premature deaths.
These illegal practices are the secret behind this toxic drug–Zyprexa– becoming a blockbuster seller.
This is an addendum to yesterday's Infomail in which we disseminated disinformation issued by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC). www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/396/80
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