VIOXX – Merck–MEDCO – a case study Wed, 13 Oct 2004 Vioxx: A case study in how a lethal drug is marketed and dispensed – without MINIMAL safeguards to protect people’s lives. Merck marketed and sold billions of dollars worth of Vioxx through MEDCO–the largest Medicare Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)…
Tue, 30 Nov 2004 Tonight the BBC- 2 is airing an investigative report about a series of drug experiments that were conducted on infants and children who were under the guardianship of the New York City Agency for Children’s Services (ACS), and living at Incarnation Children’s Center, a foster care…
Dr. Carl Elliott's insightful essay in SLATE:: Why do drug companies want to give money to bioethicists in the first place? In the public relations business, this approach is called "third-party strategy."
Ripping Off the Rights of Children Thu, 17 Apr 2003 “Parents are frustrated that corrupt politics are playing such a large role in their children’s fate. Many believe Sen. Frist has large financial ties to pharmaceutical companies and doesn’t care at all about the future of thousands of sick children.”…
<p> Canadian Lawsuit:Autism-Vaccine – Maclean’s </p> <p> Mon, 11 Nov 2002 </p> <p> Dr. Jeffrey Bradstreet: “It’s garbage to say there’s a reason to have residual neurotoxicity in an injectable for a child. It’s not a necessary risk.” </p> <p> While scientists are unsure whether the mercury based vaccine preservative,…
Subject: Kids are “hot ticket” in Rx drug market Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:39:52 -0400 According to MEDCO Health, which manages prescription drug plans, the records of 500,000 children under age 19 reveal that: “Kids have surpassed senior citizens as the hot ticket in the prescription drug market… Spending…
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav February 19, 2002 How a New FDA Policy Led toSeven Deadly Drugs FYI The Seattle Times reports, "Therelationship between the FDA and pharmaceutical industry changed fundamentallyunder former President…
2000 Study by Merck Showed Vioxx Risk: Results Not Given to FDA – Star Ledger Sun, 3 Jul 2005 News reports reveal that Merck failed to disclose Vioxx lethal effects to the FDA. Sheldon Krimsky, a science policy expert at Tufts University states: “if there was evidence the drug was…
