Drug Companies

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FDA: Another Government Regulatory Disaster -- II of III

Deirdre Imus | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Toxins, Antidepressants, Fda, Vioxx, Drug Companies, Green News, Bpa, Health, Pharmacueticals, Environmental Health, Children's Health, Drug, Children's Environmental Health, Politics News

Besides a complete overhaul, a few prosecutions might be just the medicine the FDA needs.

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Why Don't Drug Companies Just Pay Us to Swallow Their Drugs?

Doug Bremner | Posted 04.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Conflicts of Interest, Ghost Writers, Merck, Drug Companies, Safety, Vioxx, Fda, Pharmaceuticals, Arthritis, Rofecoxib, Celebrex, Living News

Since drug companies are spending so much money to do questionable studies clearly aimed at promoting drug sales, why don't they use that money to pay patients themselves to swallow their drugs?

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Hillary: "Our Great Drug Companies"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Framing, Prescription Drugs, Drug Companies, Politics News

During the ongoing Compassion Forum, Hillary Clinton talked about "our great drug companies" in the context of a discussion about providing affordable...

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Botox, FDA and Michael Clayton

Irena Medavoy | Posted 02.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Big Pharma, Marcia Angell, Pharmaceutical Industry, Beauty Junkies, Public Citizen, Alex Kuczynski, Lawsuit Against Botox, Drug Companies, Allergan, Fda, Botox, Living News

I had a quick lesson on the pharmaceutical industry with my lawsuit against Botox. We need to restore impartiality to clinical research and sever the ties between drug companies and medical education.

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Novartis To Cut 2,500 Jobs

AP | Posted 12.13.2007 | Business

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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Our Healthcare System Sucks

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hospitals, Pfizer, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Doctors Groups, Health Care, Drug Companies, Politics News

I think that it is criminal that someone like Mitt Romney can sit there and say that we have universal healthcare because if you break your arm they are going to take you to the ER even if you don't have insurance.

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The GOP's Socialized Medicine: Corporate Drug Fraud

Art Levine | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Veto, Bush Administration, Health Care, Drug Companies, Schip, Politics News

The administration has no problem in creating boondoggles for drug companies in exploiting Medicare and Medicaid that are the GOP's version of socialized medicine -- for drug industry CEOs.

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