Pharmaceutical Companies

Obama Administration Says 'No' To Global Health Fund For Developing Nations

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has alarmed global health experts by opposing a new international fund that would fight disease in the developi...

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Big Pharma Is Innovating With Social Media -- Really

Rosina Samadani | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Ginger.io, West Wireless Health, Open Data, Apps, Crowdsourcing, Pfizer, Innovation, Sanofi-Aventis, Patients, iPhone Apps, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Pharmaceutical Companies, Social Media, Pharmaceutical Industry, Diabetes, True Ventures, Technology, Health Care, Business News

When big pharma leverages technology, open data and social media to develop innovative patient-facing apps, it's a win to the fourth power.

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The Psychiatric Drugging of America's Foster Children

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Medical Ethics, Psychiatry, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Mental Health, Antipsychotic Drugs, Drug Companies, Psychiatric Drugs, Foster Children, Antipsychotics, Healthy Living News

There were approximately 662,000 children in foster care in the U.S. in 2010. Now, there is a Government Accounting Office report confirming that foster children in five states are receiving shocking amounts of psychiatric drugs.

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British Drug Giant To Slash More Than 1,000 U.S. Jobs

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Layoffs, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Video, Job Cuts, Business News, Astrazeneca, Astrazeneca Job Cuts, Business News

LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is cutting nearly a quarter of its U.S. sales force in a second wave of redundancies in as many months as it seeks ...

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Uranus and Your War December 2011

Michael Lutin | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Politics, Unemployment, Wall Street, Horoscopes, Astrology, Economy, Revolution, War, Michael Lutin, banks.credit Cards, Occupy, Culture News

Somebody is going to have to intervene here. Oh, God, no! Not the military. Not marital law. That happens and you can kiss freedom goodbye. If there c...

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Drugmaker To Pay Huge Sum To Settle Bribery Probe: Report

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Video, Pfizer Settlement, Pfizer, Business News, Pfizer Bribery, Bribery, Business News

-- Pfizer Inc. will pay at least $60 million to settle allegations by the U.S. government that the drugmaker paid bribes to win overseas business, ac...

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Relevancy at its Best: Vitamin Brand Bedoyecta Not Afraid of Day of the Dead

Lili Gil | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Latinos, Pharmaceutical Companies, Bedoyecta, Hispanics, Hispanic Marketing, Mexicans, Lili Gil, Latino Voices News

Almost with precise foresight, Valeant Pharmaceutical's vitamin B brand Bedoyecta got ahead of AdAge and its Halloween piece on the Day of the Dead...

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Key Industry Throwing Its Money Behind Obama

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.27.2011

President Barack Obama has raised more money from the health care industry than Republican candidates, according to an analysis conducted by the Cente...

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The Role Of Patents In Inflating Drug Costs: An Excerpt From 'Deadly Monopolies'

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Video, Pharmaceutical Industry, Harriet A. Washington, Medical Patents, Prescription Drugs, Business News, Deadly-Monopolies, Drug Patents, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Patents, Business News

This is an adaption from "Deadly Monopolies" Harriet A. Washington's new book, which explores how the corporate takeover of the medical industry is af...

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Patients Deserve to Know

ProPublica | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Dollars for Docs, Medtronic, Health Care Reform, Drugs, Doctors, Patients, Pfizer, Healthy Living News

By Tracy Weber, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica Your doctor gives you an expensive new drug to control your cholesterol, or recommends a certain br...

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Our Love-Hate Relationship With Pharmaceuticals

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Drug Ads, Drugs, Malpractice Lawsuits, R&D, Efficacy, Medical Side Effects, Healthy Living Body, Health Care, Big Pharma, Healthy Living News

How did we get into this mess that produces untold suffering, impedes effective health care, and costs our economy sacks of bullion and lost productivity?

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Drugmaker Lays Off 1,700 Via Conference Call Ahead Of Holidays

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mass Layoffs, Sanofi-Aventis Layoffs, Pharmaceutical Companies, Sanofi-Aventis, Laid-Off, Business News

On Nov. 30, employees at Sanofi-Aventis pharmaceuticals, the world's fourth-biggest drugmaker, received an email from the company wishing them a happy...

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Why Aren't Big Pharma Execs Ever Punished?

David Callahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Cheating, Pharmaceutical Companies, Ig Pharma, Drugs, Medicaid, Medicare, Business News

It is bizarre that the specific individuals who perpetrate these criminal schemes are nearly never held responsible. The latest slap on the wrist for Big Pharma this week shows that nothing has changed.

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The Ghosts Of Health Care Deals Past

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The deals that the White House cut with major industries during the health care debate are threatening to come back to haunt the adminis...

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ADHD proven to be a genetic disorder! Well, maybe not.

Daniel Goldin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Pharmaceutical Companies, Psychotherapy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health, Adhd, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Home News

Medical News Today recently ran a headline stating "ADHD Is A Genetic Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Scientists Reveal." They drew this headline from a ...

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Drug Companies Paying Shady Doctors For Endorsements

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Physicians, Lawsuits, Prescription Drugs, Bribes, Doctors, Medications, Payments to Doctors, Medicine, Home News

Pharmaceutical companies are paying doctors with questionable records millions of dollars to endorse their drugs, Propublica reports. According to ...

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Drug Sales May Rise 5-7 Percent In 2011

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Prescription Drug Sales, Pharmaceutical Companies, Health Care, Pharmaceutical Companies in USA, Health, Prescription Drugs, Healthy Living News

TRENTON, N.J. — Revenue from global prescription drug sales should increase 5 percent to 7 percent next year, reaching at least $880 billion, fu...

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Does the National Alliance on Mental Illness represent seriously mentally ill?

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, Nami, Pharmaceutical, Pete Early, Impact News

Pete Earley, author of Crazy, one of the best books on mental illness, recently blogged on the issue of whether pharmaceutical money drives the agenda...

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Drug Maker And $520 Million: Settlement Reached After Illegal Marketing Claim

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The federal government on Tuesday reached a $520 million settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca, resolving allegat...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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Big Pharma Wins Big With Health Care Reform Bill

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Chalk one up for the pharmaceutical lobby. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in President ...

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A Great Deal for the World's Poorest Children

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Global Health, GAVI Alliance, Advance Market Commitment, Pneumococcal, Vaccines, Africa, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World News

If you were a Minister of Health in Africa with less than $10 per person to spend on all health care, would you be able to justify $100 per dose for a vaccine, no matter how staggering the disease impact?

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Andrew McCarrell Wins $25 Million In Suit Against Company That Makes Accutane

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Accutane, Pharmaceutical Companies, Man Wins Suit Against Accutane, $25 Million Settlement, New Jersey, Hoffman-La Roche, Law Suit, Andrew McCarrell, New York, Acne Drug, Accutane Lawsuit, New York News

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey jury has hit the pharmaceutical company that makes Accutane with a $25.16 million judgment in a lawsuit filed...

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Eco Etiquette: How Can I Fight Prescription Pill Pollution?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Contamination, Pharmaceutical Companies, Leachate, Prescription Drugs, Green News, Drinking Water, Landfill Water, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Drug Disposal, Green Advice, Health, Green News

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. Is there a proper way to ...

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Health Care Reform Business: Expect Hospital And Insurance Mergers, Less Revenue For Drugmakers

Bloomberg | Alex Nussbaum and Meg Tirrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, #Hcr, Health Care Bill, White House, Congress, Obama, Community Health Systems, House, Pharmaceutical Companies, Senate, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Care, Business News

Insurers, drugmakers and hospitals will likely slash costs and merge companies to maneuver through a U.S. health-care landscape marked by rising medic...

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