August 23, 2010 Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl ElliottKudos to Carl Elliott, MD, PhD, whose powerful article, “Making a Killing,” published in Mother Jones, is Read More Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott
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) Read More Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?
May 20, 2010 Pharma Targets Children– Fastest Growing Market for Rx DrugsMEDCO Drug Trend report (2010): children who are covered by health insurance are the drug industry’s fastest Read More Pharma Targets Children– Fastest Growing Market for Rx Drugs
May 5, 2010 Another Florida Child a Casualty of Lethal Psych Drug Cocktail“Your failure to conduct the requisite safety measures contributed to the unnecessary exposure of pediatric subjects to Read More Another Florida Child a Casualty of Lethal Psych Drug Cocktail
April 30, 2010 12-Year Old Denis Matez: Dead of Psych Drug Cocktail Rx by PsychiatristThanks to a series of riveting reports by Carol Marbin Miller of the Miami Herald, the circumstances Read More 12-Year Old Denis Matez: Dead of Psych Drug Cocktail Rx by Psychiatrist
April 28, 2010 How to Stop Epidemic Antipsychotic Drug PrescribingAstraZeneca is the fourth giant prescription drug manufacturer to be busted by the U.S. Department of Justice Read More How to Stop Epidemic Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing
March 30, 2010 Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of ChildrenOver the years, as he witnessed the wholesale practice of sedating young children with powerful toxic, psychotropic Read More Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of Children
February 22, 2010 Rebecca Riley’s Murderous Care RememberedWhile it came as no surprise that Rebecca Riley’s mother was convicted of murder, most observers–including, it Read More Rebecca Riley’s Murderous Care Remembered
February 11, 2010 Eli Lilly Exec Heads to Harvard Medical SchoolLest anyone had illusions about the nature of a new policy (still under development) that is to Read More Eli Lilly Exec Heads to Harvard Medical School
December 2, 2009 BIG PHARMA’s CRIME SPREEBIG PHARMA’S CRIME SPREE is a riveting report by David Evans in the current issue of Bloomberg Read More BIG PHARMA’s CRIME SPREE
October 28, 2009 Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug AbuseIn the second half of the twentieth century, Soviet psychiatrists collaborated with their government: Soviet psychiatrists prescribed Read More Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse
October 27, 2009 NAMI Constituency BetrayedSenator Charles Grassley has hit the bull’s eye when he asked the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Read More NAMI Constituency Betrayed
September 8, 2009 Is the Pfizer settlement with the US DOJ Punishment or a Gift?Most of the media has focused on the $2.3 billion Department of Justice settlement with Pfizer for Read More Is the Pfizer settlement with the US DOJ Punishment or a Gift?
September 3, 2009 Pfizer’s $2.3 Billion Settlement Leaves Victims in the lurchThe level of corruption that the pharmaceutical industry engages in–with assistance by prominent academic physicians who prostitute Read More Pfizer’s $2.3 Billion Settlement Leaves Victims in the lurch