February 8, 2007

More Re: Merck’s “Help Pay for Vioxx” Mandatory Vaccine Campaign

News reports about Merck's aggressive marketing campaign aimed at obtainingstate government mandates forcing 11 and 12 year

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More Re: Merck’s “Help Pay for Vioxx” Mandatory Vaccine Campaign

January 26, 2007

Reputations for Sale ? BMJ-BBC-Panorama-Seroxat/ Paxil

The third in a series of investigative reports by the BBC-Panorama, TheSecrets of Seroxat, will be aired

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Reputations for Sale ? BMJ-BBC-Panorama-Seroxat/ Paxil

January 23, 2007

Showdown Looms in Congress Over Drug Advertising on TV

Direct to consumer drug advertising is a U.S. phenomenon (with the exceptionof New Zealand drug ads are

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Showdown Looms in Congress Over Drug Advertising on TV

January 12, 2007

Pfizer CEO Urges Staff to Mobilize & Lobby Congress Against Drug Price Controls

Below is a case example of the collision between Big Pharma and the American consumer. The New

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Pfizer CEO Urges Staff to Mobilize & Lobby Congress Against Drug Price Controls

December 17, 2006

DRUG FILES SHOW LILLY PROMOTED ZYPREXA FOR UNAPPROVED USE

THE NEW YORK TIMES DRUG FILES SHOW MAKER PROMOTED UNAPPROVED USE December 18, 2006 By ALEX BERENSON

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DRUG FILES SHOW LILLY PROMOTED ZYPREXA FOR UNAPPROVED USE

November 6, 2006

Big Pharma Cashing In Like Robber Barrons on Medicare Rx Drug Law_NYT

That's because the Medicare Prescription Drug law prohibits the government from negotiating for the best price."Companies have

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Big Pharma Cashing In Like Robber Barrons on Medicare Rx Drug Law_NYT

September 30, 2006

FDA Says Bayer Failed to Reveal Lethal Drug Risks–but Fails to Change Licensure or Label_NYT

A front page article in The New York Times (below) reports: "Bayer A.G., theGerman pharmaceutical giant, failed

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FDA Says Bayer Failed to Reveal Lethal Drug Risks–but Fails to Change Licensure or Label_NYT

August 17, 2006

Scarborough Revisits Bayer Marketing AIDS-infected blood clotting substance

The subject was corporate crime: Bayer pharmaceutical company documents (from its Cutter Biological unit) that had been

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Scarborough Revisits Bayer Marketing AIDS-infected blood clotting substance

July 6, 2006

Tylenol Toxicity: Big Bucks in Long War on Aspirin_Counterpunch

Forbes reported about a study of acetaminophen (Tylenol) published in the journal, Hepatology (December 2005) noted that

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Tylenol Toxicity: Big Bucks in Long War on Aspirin_Counterpunch

June 4, 2006

State Licensing drug reps could regulate sales policies

A proposal passed the Massachusetts Senate requiring drug company salesrepresentatives to be licensed. The Boston Globe reports

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State Licensing drug reps could regulate sales policies

May 4, 2006

Some Doctors Object to PhRMA Snooping-NYT_Phil Maher: Pill Popping Nation-LAT

A front page article in The New York Times reports that doctors are beginning to rebel against 

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Some Doctors Object to PhRMA Snooping-NYT_Phil Maher: Pill Popping Nation-LAT

April 28, 2006

Glaxo denies “disease mongering”_Selling Bipolar questioned_PLoS

Since at least 2002, critics–including the director of the prestigious Cochrane Center, Dr. Peter C Gøtzsche–have been

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Glaxo denies “disease mongering”_Selling Bipolar questioned_PLoS

April 26, 2006

India’s Outsourced Drug Trials-The Dark Side: BBC

"Thousands of poor and illiterate patients are being recruited onto clinical trials in India to test new

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India’s Outsourced Drug Trials-The Dark Side: BBC

April 10, 2006

Disease Mongering_Conference / PLoS Special Issue

 An Inaugural Conference on Disease-Mongering, April, 11 to 13, is being hosted by the Newcastle Institute of

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Disease Mongering_Conference / PLoS Special Issue