August 23, 2010

Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott

Kudos to Carl Elliott, MD, PhD,  whose powerful article, “Making a Killing,” published in Mother Jones, is

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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)

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Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?

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 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

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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 Psychiatrist

Thanks to a series of riveting reports by Carol Marbin Miller of the Miami Herald, the circumstances

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12-Year Old Denis Matez: Dead of Psych Drug Cocktail Rx by Psychiatrist

April 28, 2010

How to Stop Epidemic Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing

AstraZeneca is the fourth giant prescription drug manufacturer to be busted by the U.S. Department of Justice

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How to Stop Epidemic Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing

March 30, 2010

Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of Children

Over the years, as he witnessed the wholesale practice of sedating young children with powerful toxic, psychotropic

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Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of Children

February 22, 2010

Rebecca Riley’s Murderous Care Remembered

While it came as no surprise that Rebecca Riley’s mother was convicted of murder, most observers–including, it

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Rebecca Riley’s Murderous Care Remembered

February 11, 2010

Eli Lilly Exec Heads to Harvard Medical School

Lest anyone had illusions about the nature of a new policy (still under development) that is to

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Eli Lilly Exec Heads to Harvard Medical School

December 2, 2009

BIG PHARMA’s CRIME SPREE

BIG PHARMA’S CRIME SPREE is a riveting report by David Evans in the current issue of Bloomberg

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BIG PHARMA’s CRIME SPREE

October 28, 2009

Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse

In the second half of the twentieth century, Soviet psychiatrists collaborated with their government: Soviet psychiatrists prescribed

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Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse

October 27, 2009

NAMI Constituency Betrayed

Senator Charles Grassley has hit the bull’s eye when he asked the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental

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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

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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 lurch

The level of corruption that the pharmaceutical industry engages in–with assistance by prominent academic physicians who prostitute

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Pfizer’s $2.3 Billion Settlement Leaves Victims in the lurch