October 3, 2010

Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs

A New York Times report (below) reviews what has been accomplished by multiple civil and criminal lawsuits

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Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs

September 16, 2010

NY Times Corrects Gina Kolata Re: Alzheimer’s

Today, five weeks after publishing a grossly dis-informative front-page report by Gina Kolata, "Spinal-Fluid Test Finds Proteins

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NY Times Corrects Gina Kolata Re: Alzheimer’s

July 18, 2010

Columbia Brain Imaging Violations Condemned by Peers

The fallout from FDA’s findings of continued "significant deficiencies" that led to the suspension of brain-imaging studies

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Columbia Brain Imaging Violations Condemned by Peers

July 15, 2010

Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?

In 2007, an FDA advisory panel voted 22 to 1 to keep GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug, Avandia (Rosiglitazone)

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Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?

July 10, 2010

Devastating FDA Safety Review of Avandia

Until now, FDA officials in the all-powerful center for new drug evaluation (called CEDER), have, for the

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Devastating FDA Safety Review of Avandia

May 20, 2010

Pharma Targets Children– Fastest Growing Market for Rx Drugs

MEDCO Drug Trend report (2010): children who are covered by health insurance are the drug industry’s fastest

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Pharma Targets Children– Fastest Growing Market for Rx Drugs

May 8, 2010

New Alarm Bells Re: Chemicals & Cancer

The panel criticizes the government’s lackadaisical regulatory approach to protecting the public from industrial pollutants, calling it

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New Alarm Bells Re: Chemicals & Cancer

April 22, 2010

Indian Tribe Wins Limit onIts DNA Research

An important DNA research case highlights the distrust sown by biomedical researchers who violate ethical and legal

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Indian Tribe Wins Limit onIts DNA Research

April 1, 2010

Fig Leaf Reviews and Closed APA Sessions_ScoopNews

"The Peer-Review ‘Fig Leaf ‘" is an interview that has just been posted on SccopNews (New Zealand) 

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Fig Leaf Reviews and Closed APA Sessions_ScoopNews

March 31, 2010

FDA Approves Crestor Use for Healthy People–Watch Healthcare Costs Skyrocket

The New York Times reports that the FDA has approved the use of AstraZenceca’s statin, Crestor, for

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FDA Approves Crestor Use for Healthy People–Watch Healthcare Costs Skyrocket

February 22, 2010

Columbia University Blood Experiment Revisited_TRUTHOUT

Medical ethics requires that in any research involving human beings, "the benefits, risks, burdens and effectiveness of

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Columbia University Blood Experiment Revisited_TRUTHOUT

February 16, 2010

GMC Damning Wakefield Verdict Does Not Address Autism-Vaccine Validity

Dr. Andrew Wakefield has been a lightening rod for attacks by vaccine promoters ever since he published

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GMC Damning Wakefield Verdict Does Not Address Autism-Vaccine Validity

February 10, 2010

DSM5 Revisions

A report in the New York Times "Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind" by Benedict Carey

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DSM5 Revisions

January 29, 2010

Criminal Drug Marketing Remains an Issue

In December, 2009, Bloomberg News published an investigative report by David Evans reported, "Big Pharma’s Crime Spree"

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Criminal Drug Marketing Remains an Issue