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FDA: Drug Companies Pressure Agency For More Online Ads

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology

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WASHINGTON — As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical ...

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Big Pharma's Crime Spree: Drug Makers Pushing Products For Unapproved Uses

Bloomberg | David Evans | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

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Pfizer and Lilly lead a parade of U.S. companies that have paid $7 billion in penalties after promoting drugs for uses not approved by the FDA. This u...

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GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

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Arianna Weighs In On The Senate Health Care Bill And The Challenges Ahead

Huff TV | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

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Huff TV

Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss news that the Senate's health care bill would include an opt-out publi...

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Health Care Bill's Winners And Losers: Drug Makers To Benefit, Insurers Brace For Hit

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY and GREG HITT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especi...

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Big Pharma Getting Billions More Than Reported Out Of Senate Finance Bill

The RPM Report | Lauren Smith | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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The introduction of the Senate Finance Committee's health care proposal turns the focus from what the pharmaceutical industry will contribute to refor...

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Ryan Grim

Boehner To Drug Makers: Stop Appeasing Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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House Republican Leader John Boehner launched an unusually harsh broadside at an estranged GOP ally Monday, ripping the drug industry for siding with ...

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I Am a Business Owner, and I Fully Support a Public Health Option

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

I am not an expert on health care reform. But I am an individual who is sick and tired of having one industry have so much control over my personal and business life.

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Ryan Grim

Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-rangin...

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Health Care Debate Sizzles in Summer Recess

Mike Smith | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Mike Smith

Now Americans can leverage the Internet, electronic medical records and telemedicine to support patient care. Now is the time to use technology!

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No, Rahm ; Your Compromise on Health Reform Is F**cking Stupid

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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Lee Stranahan

I had been thinking the biggest enemy to real health insurance reform was Montana Senator Max Baucus but I'll be damned if now I don't think it's you, Rahm.

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Sam Stein

Obama Deal With Drugmakers Sparks Debate Over Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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The White House backtracked slightly on Thursday from reports that it had made a hugely significant and binding backroom deal with the pharmaceutical ...

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Dems & Repubs on Health Care: 'Love a Lobbyist'

Michele Swenson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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Michele Swenson

The same insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have granted themselves billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies and inflated profits continue to shape the healthcare reform debate today.

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Sam Stein

PhRMA CEO Urges GOP To Work With Obama On Health Care, But Won't Compromise Himself

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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A key industry official in the health care debate praised the Obama administration on Tuesday for taking an "us"-oriented approach when it came to rev...

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Pharma: Still Chasing Skirts

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

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Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

As someone who spent ten years inside the pharmaceutical industry, I can tell you one thing for sure: Big Pharma goes where the money is. And the money is with the ladies.

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Bush Administration Made Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations a Top Priority

Les Weisbrod | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Les Weisbrod

In the past three years federal agencies, have engaged in a campaign to hand corporations a 'get-out-of jail-free' pass when their products have harmed consumers.

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