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The Gardasil Vaccine -- Introduction to a Series

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, HPV Vaccine, Stds, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Living News, Merck, Genital Warts, Harvard School of Public Health, Pap Test, Gardasil Vaccine, Teenage Sexuality, Fda, Center for American Progress, Ceravix, Human Papillomavirus, Girls's Health, Women's Health, Dissident Voice, Ins, New England Journal of Medicine, Health News, Cervical Cancer, Lucinda Marshall, Healthcare, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

As the nation's attention is riveted on the discourse about health care reform, another debate is taking place around the Gardasil vaccine.

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Big Pharma's Free Ride

Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: House, Pap Attack, Glaxosmithkline, John Dillinger Movie, Senate, Pharmaceutical Industry, Merck, Ring of Fire, Golefttv, Mike Papantonio, Pfizer, Air America Radio, Max Baucus, Healthcare Reform, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

There will be no serious health care reform until the drug companies, the hospital corporations and the HMO industry are forced to pay their share of the bill.

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Swine Flu Profits: Drug Companies To Reap Billions

Financial Times | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Swine Flu Billions, Swine Flu Profits, Glaxosmithkline, GlaxkSmithKline Swine Flu, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Drug Companies, Swine Flu Epidemic, Business News

Some of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies are reaping billions of dollars in extra revenue amid global concern about the spread of swine fl...

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Drug Companies Target Poorer Nations During Downturn

wsj.com | AVERY JOHNSON | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, Big Pharma, Venezuela, Emmerging Economies, Brazil, Novartis, Drug Companies, Pfizer, Business News

PETARE, Venezuela -- Julio Rodriguez was on a sales call at a clinic in this slum overlooking Caracas recently when he heard four gunshots go off near...

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Eli Lilly's Marketing Fraud And Ghostwriting Scandal

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, Off Label Promotion, Johnson, Eli Lilly, Business News

Drug companies are notorious for their relentless marketing. But, Eli Lilly, the century-old pharmaceutical giant, has taken things several steps fur...

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Thinking the Unthinkable: Six (Uncomfortable) Questions about the Swine Flu Outbreak

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Roche, Spanish Flu of 1918, Glaxosmithkline, Swine Flu, Pandemic, Who, Cdc, Tamiflu, Relenza, Dr. Michael Osterholm, Baxter International, Cidrap, Amanda Ripley, World News
Ben Sherwood

Are there enough antiviral medicines to keep us safe? Do face masks protect against swine flu? Is the world ready for a new pandemic?

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Bill Gates Speaks in Tokyo on Vaccine Development, Building the Global Computer Industry, and Innovative Philanthropy

Sunil Chacko | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Vaccine Development, Microsoft, Goi Foundation, Glaxosmithkline, Malaria, Philanthropy, Bill Gates, Chlamydia Trachomatis, Gates Foundation, Business News
Sunil Chacko

Despite the challenges in designing a vaccine against... the HIV virus, Bill Gates and his foundation poured hundreds of millions into vaccine design and development against HIV/AIDS.

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

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

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
Dr. Peter Breggin

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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Big Pharma Raised Top Drug Prices By 7.8 Percent In 2007

Wall Street Journal | HEATHER WON TESORIERO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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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Buffett Buys Big Stake In Kraft

CNNMoney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Kraft, Buffett, Glaxosmithkline, Business News

Warren Buffett's investment group, Berkshire Hathaway, bought more than 132 million shares of food company Kraft, according to a document filed with t...

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Top European Drugmakers Back Stem Cell Testing

Reuters | Ben Hirschler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Roche, Stem Cell Research, AstraZeneca, Glaxosmithkline, European Drugmakers, Stem Cells, Business News

Three of Europe's top drugmakers have backed a new public-private scheme to use stem cells for safety testing of experimental medicines, signaling "bi...

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Cervical Cancer Vaccines To Face-Off In Europe

CNN/Money | Aaron Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, GlaxoSmithKline, Gardasil, Cervarix, Merck, Business News

Merck's cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil now faces direct competition from Glaxo's Cervarix, which was approved by European health authorities, said t...

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