Posts Tagged ‘Vioxx’
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
A fascinating article in The Atlantic, "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" by David Freedman, profiles Dr. John Ioannidis, who says that as much as 90% of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed.
Read MoreMedical Journals Complicit in Corruption of Medicine
We are no longer "blowin’ in the wind." A growing number of prominent physician-scientists, including several former journal editors, and New York Times columnists, have written sobering critiques about the corrupting impact pharmaceutical industry influence has had on medicine.
Read MoreMaking a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott
The catalyst for Dr. Elliott’s article was the tragic case of Dan Markingson, a 26-year old who committed suicide in May 2004, while enrolled in the CAFE trial, prescribed Seroquel. This case encapsulates the tragic consequences of a broken system which is not designed to detect the hazards for human subjects posed by market-driven research.
Read MoreAnesthesiologist who Committed Major Fraud Claims Bipolar Defense
"He was one of the most prolific investigators in the area of postoperative pain management. His fraud sets back our knowledge in the field tremendously.” Dr. Steve Shafer, the editor in chief of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Read MoreWill Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?
"The vote is an enormous blow to Avandia and GlaxoSmithKline. The vast majority of panel members voted either to withdraw the drug or to allow continued sales only if strict controls are added"
Read MoreShame on the editors of the Washington Times!
Pit-bull attack against Sen. Grassely, Sen. Baucus and FDA safety officer, David Graham MD by a fellon whose medical license was revoked for Medicaid fraud: "I violated every ethical trust placed in me as a doctor."
Read MoreColumbia University Blood Experiment Revisited_TRUTHOUT
Why Has Columbia Expended So Much Effort to Avoid the Conclusion of Patient Harm?
Read MoreAvandia, a Case of Deja Vu all over again
Even worse, FDA officials, in collusion and collaboration with GSK, approved an unethical and exploitative clinical trial—TIDE, which is on-going.
Read MoreBMJ Demands Raw Data From Pharma Clinical Trials
The system has provided companies an opportunity to make spectacular profits from the widespread use of defective drugs and vaccines that have caused irreversible harm.
Read MoreNursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse
In the first half of the twenty-first century, U.S. psychiatrists are prescribing the second generation neuroleptics—Zyprexa, Risperdal, Geodon, Seroquel, Abilfy—to coerce innocent children and the elderly into submission.
Read MoreMedical Journal Editors to Crackdown on Ghostwriting_NYT
This month PLoS editors called for a zero tolerance policy: calling upon journals to identify and retract ghostwritten articles and banish their authors from publishing in their journal.
Read More84% Americans Blame Big Pharma for Healthcare mess
Big Pharma’s defense for its inequitable U.S. pricing is grounded on a Big Lie
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