This Year Alone, Drug Industry To Lose $50 billion
This year alone, because of patent expirations, the drug industry will lose control over more than 10 megamedicines whose combined annual sales have neared $50 billion.
PhRMa R&D Costs Are Much Lower Than Claimed
The deeper problem is that current incentives reward drug companies to develop mainly new, but not better medicines at ever higher prices.
Big Pharma Declares Victory in Deal With White House
Essentially PhRMA won the right to continue bilking the beleaguered American taxpayer–a concession won under the Bush Administration which prohibited Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.
NAMI Acknowledges: 56% of Budget Comes from Drug Companies
In its response to Sen. Grassley’s probe, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) acknowledges that a majority of its funds over the last five years, 56% on average, have come from drug corporations.
Senator Grassley Might Leave Finance Committee: A Break For Pharma?
The Hill , a newspaper covering congressional news, reports: "Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) is considering leaving his powerful post as senior Republican on the Finance Committee so that he can become the highest-ranking Republican on the Judiciary panel. To avoid a dramatic shake-up, Grassley is hoping to strike a deal…
Obama picks Duo to Run FDA: Dr Hamburg, Commissioner; Dr. Sharfstein Deputy
Dr. Margaret "Peggy" Hamburg, a former health commissioner in New York City, is the leading candidate to become FDA commissioner, the agency's top job, while Baltimore health chief Joshua Sharfstein is in line to become a deputy commissioner
Obama’s Health Plan Could be Hijacked by Industry Which Sees Good Business
The Washington Post suggests, the chance for success in overhauling US healthcare depends on President Obama's ability to keep the major–discordant–players on board.
$1.1 Billion in Stimulus Package for Comparing Medical Treatments
This has the potential for restoring integrity to medicine by providing doctors and the public with impartial risk / benefit information about existing treatments devoid of commercial bias.
Merck RotaVirus Vaccine Risks
We are gratified that Texas Governor Rick Perry's Executive Order mandating HPV Vaccine Carries NO Force of Law! It's dead on arrival.
More Re: Merck’s “Help Pay for Vioxx” Mandatory Vaccine Campaign
The WSJ confirms that Merck is "desperate" for funding streams and "vaccination across the U.S. would make Gardasil an automatic blockbuster."
Facts Behind Merck’s Mandatory Vaccine Campaign to Help Pay forVioxx
American preteen girls have been designated to pay the price by exposing their bodies to risks of harm.
Merck Payola Pays Off: Texas Governor Orders STD Vaccine for ALL girls_AP
"I am so bothered by the speed by which adults are ready to put chemicals into little girls bodies without a full understanding of what harm those chemicals could cause in the short and long term.