First, you market the disease… then you push the pills to treat it
Insead of producing drugs for recognized diseases, drug manufacturers are creating diseasesin order to sell their drugs.
Amer Psychiatric Assoc Annual Meeting: sponsored and under the influence of drug merchants_WP
Dr. Jeffrey Levine, a psychiatrist from Albert Einstein dubbed this year's annual meeting in Philadelphia, "the American Psychiatric Association GlaxoSmithKline Convention."
Bitter Pill for David Healy: academia under pharma influence
Bitter Pill for David Healy: academia under pharma influence May 21, 2002 One wonders how many embarrassing causes celebres are needed before academic institutions take back control of the university from the corrosive influence of the pharmaceutical/ biotech industry? In 2000, Dr. David Healy may have been surprised by the…
InfoMail for April 12, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 12, 2002 If Placebo Works Without Risk,Side-Effects or Cost — Why Prescribe Anti-Depressant Drugs? FYI As we reported in yesterday’s Infomail, a major governmentfunded study found…
Coroner calls for withdrawal of Seroxat (PAXIL)
Coroner calls for withdrawal of Seroxat (PAXIL) March 13, 2002 Following the death of a 56 year old retired headmaster within two weeks of taking the antidepressant, Seroxat (PAXIL), a British coroner told a court “”I have grave concerns that this is a dangerous drug that should be withdrawn until…
Borison- Diamond: Systemic Failure, No Checks & Balances_WSJ/ CBS/ Psych Times
Two American Academics Are Accused Of Endangering Patients And Stealing $10 Million