Big Pharma

From FDA to GSK: The Dangerous Partnership between Government and Big Pharma

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Psychiatric Drugs, Psychiatry, Glaxosmithkline, Daniel Troy, Fda, Health, Gsk, Big Pharma, Drug Regulators, Regulation, Peter Breggin, Paxil, Suicide, Adverse Reactions, Antidepressants, Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal, Side Effects, Politics News

The FDA is not so much a watchdog agency as an active member of the psychopharmaceutical complex working on behalf on the drug industry.

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Congress Pummels Establishment Psychiatry but Neglects a Brave Psychiatrist

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Mental Health, Health, New York Times, Psychology, Alternative Medicine, Healthy Living News

The corruption of psychiatry by Big Pharma has resulted in the suppression of effective treatment options and has marginalized courageous, innovative, and non-corrupt psychiatrists.

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Mental Recession: Like Manna From Heaven

Liz Spikol | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seasonal Depression, Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Depression, Phil Gramm, Gramm Recession Is Mental, Light Therapy, Suicide, Epilepsy, Psychology, Spikol, Illness, Recession, Controversial Remarks, Fda, Health, Electroshock Therapy, Gramm Whiner, Denials, John McCain and Phil Gramm, Philadelphia, Mental, Phil Gramm Nation of Whiners, Headline News, Mental Recession, John McCain, Sad, Politics News

As a mental health journalist and someone who suffers with bipolar disorder, if there's one thing I know, it's how to solve a "mental" crisis.

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Why I'm Not Convinced Big Pharma Is Behind Pot Prohibition (But That's Not to Say They Aren't Looking to Cash in on Medical Marijuana)

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Pain Relief, American Medical Association, Health Care, Politics News

At the same time that federal lawmakers are proclaiming that pot has no medical value, Big Pharma is in a frenzy to bring dozens of new, cannabis-based medicines to market.

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Pfizer May Get Into Bidding For Ranbaxy, Generic Drug Maker

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Fizer, Ranbaxy, Generic Medication, Pfizer Generic, Fizer Generic, Generic Drugs, Pfizer, Business News

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Pfizer may bid for Ranbaxy Laboratories, countering a $4.6 billion (2.4 billion pound) offer by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo for the Indi...

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Pfizer Skin Cancer Drug Fails Clinical Test

Wall Street Journal | Scott Hensley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metastatic Skin Cancer, Skin Cancer, Big Pharma, Cancer Patients, Pfizer, Business News

Pfizer's search for new drugs took another hit when the company halted a late-stage trial of an experimental medicine to treat metastatic skin cancer....

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Pfizer Pulls Misleading Lipitor Ads

New York TImes | Stephanie Saul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fake Lipitor Ads, Drug Ads, Pharmaceutical Companies, Lipitor Ads, Lipitor, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pfizer Ads, Robert Jarvik, Pfizer Drugs, Fake Lipitor Doctor, Cholesterol Drugs, Big Pharma, Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Video, Business News

Under criticism that its ads are misleading, Pfizer said Monday that it would cancel a long-running advertising campaign using the artificial heart pi...

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Big Pharma Raised Top Drug Prices By 7.8 Percent In 2007

Wall Street Journal | HEATHER WON TESORIERO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lipitor, Pharmaceutical Companies, Glaxosmithkline, Pharmaceutical Industry, Big Pharma, Ambien, Drug Prices, Pfizer, Adderall, Sanofi-Aventis, Wellbutrin, Shire, Business News

The pharmaceutical industry has been a frequent target in the current presidential campaign, but that hasn't stopped it from continuing to aggressivel...

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Overmedication Nation

The New York Times | Judith Warner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Disorders, Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Overmedication, Overmedication and Mental Illness, Medication, Healthy Living News

This storyline persists despite the fact that government research has repeatedly shown that most adults and children with mental health issues don't g...

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Merck Settles With Govt Over Rebates

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merck, Merck & Co, Merck Settlement, Vioxx, Zocor, Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmaceutical Companies, Business News

TRENTON, N.J. — In one of the biggest U.S. health care fraud settlements ever, Merck & Co. will pay $671 million to settle claims it overcharged...

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Wyeth Sues Teva Over Heartburn Drug

AP | DAMIAN J. TROISE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Protonix, Heartburn Medicine, Heartburn Medication, Generic Drugs, Teva, Wyeth, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Business News

A patent dispute over the heartburn drug Protonix escalated Monday when Wyeth said it will sue to recover lost profits from sales of Teva Pharmaceutic...

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Novartis To Cut 2,500 Jobs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Drug Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Novartis, Job Cuts, Novartis AG, Business News

Novartis AG will cut 2,500 jobs worldwide by 2010 in an attempt to save $1.6 billion, the drug maker said Thursday. The company said it would take a ...

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Eli Lilly Appoints New CEO

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sidney Taurel, Pharmaceutical Industry, Eli Lilly, Big Pharma, John Lechleiter, Business News

The drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. said Tuesday Sidney Taurel will retire as chief executive on March 31 after nearly a decade in the post and will step ...

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Big Pharma Frets As Major Patent Expirations Loom

Wall Street Journal | BARBARA MARTINEZ, JACOB GOLDSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plavix, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Zyprexa, Genetic Competition, Big Pharma, Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, Lipitor, Generic Drugs, Business News

Over the next few years, the pharmaceutical business will hit a wall. Some of the top-selling drugs in industry history will become history as patent...

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Bristol-Myers To Cut 4,300 Jobs

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb says it will cut its 43,000-strong workforce by 10% and close half of its 27 manufacturing plants to save $1.5bn. T...

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