Pharmaceutical Companies

There's No Excuse for Overmedicating the Elderly

Liz Spikol | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Elderly, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Nursing Homes, Antipsychotics, New York Times, Psychology, Medications, Business News

The elderly in nursing homes have long been treated poorly, as so many guilty adult children (cf. The Savages) can attest. But because of societal p...

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Do You Believe in Objective (Ha! Ha! Wink, Wink!) Science?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Science Reporting, Objective Science, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Antidepressants, Melody Petersen, Medical Marketing, Medical Adverstising, TV Advertising, Our Daily Meds, Pr, Independent Media, Bill Moyers, Living News

There's no doubt that some drugs are beneficial and even life-saving, but there's no way to know which ones are truly effective or necessary until all the real outcomes are considered.

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Welcome to The New World DisOrders -- They Are Legion

Carol Maric | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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If Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton can be relegated to the ranks of "Autism" these days, then The New World does seem perilously close to being upside down--as I have always suspected.

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Drug Patent Rules Must Allow Exceptions for Public Health

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmaceutical Lobby, Patent Monopoly, Drug Patents, Health Care, Phrma, Politics News

The pharmaceutical companies argue that they need to protect their patents in order to fund the research and development that produces new drugs.

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Pfizer Pulls Misleading Lipitor Ads

New York TImes | Stephanie Saul | Posted 02.26.2008 | Business

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, 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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Inside Ambien Abuse

Newsweek | Karen Springen | Posted 02.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Big Pharma, Teens and Drugs, Pharmaceutical Companies, Overmedication, Pharmaceutical Industry, Overmedication and Mental Illness, Ambien Addiction, Prescription Drugs, Ambien Abuse, Pill Abuse, Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Painkillers, Pharmaceutical Abuse, Living News

When it comes to teens and drug abuse, prescription medications (or "pharmies") are now second only to marijuana in popularity. Overall, teen abuse of...

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Big Pharma Raised Top Drug Prices By 7.8 Percent In 2007

Wall Street Journal | HEATHER WON TESORIERO | Posted 02.21.2008 | 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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Overmedication Nation

The New York Times | Judith Warner | Posted 02.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Disorders, Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Overmedication, Overmedication and Mental Illness, Medication, 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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The Stop-Smoking Drug That Could Make You Crazy

New York Magazine | Derek de Koff | Posted 02.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Stop Smoking, Pharmaceutical Industry, Chantix Problems, Chantix Hallucinations, Chantix Dangers, Chantix Suicide, Chantix Stop Smoking, Pharmaceutical Dangers, Pharmaceuticals, Living News

Things were looking good. My doctor had gone through the test results and told me I was perfectly healthy--except my breathing was a little shallow. T...

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Merck Settles With Govt Over Rebates

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 02.07.2008 | Business

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 12.24.2007 | Business

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 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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Big Pharma Frets As Major Patent Expirations Loom

Wall Street Journal | BARBARA MARTINEZ, JACOB GOLDSTEIN | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business

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 12.05.2007 | Business

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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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The Blame Game

Richard Miller | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: New Drugs, Fda Approval, Fda, Walter Armstrong, Schering-Plough, Wyeth, Pharmaceutical Companies, Approvable Letters, Pharmaceutical Industry, Andy Grove, Government and Pharmaceuticals Industry, R&D Spending, Vioxx, New Drug Applications, Novartis, Motley Fool, Politics News

The FDA is letting potential benefits fall by the wayside by using outdated rigid statistical approaches, contributing to a drop-off in important new drugs being brought to market.

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Over Medicated and Over-Vaccinated: The Unintended Consequences of Medicines Meant to Protect

Deirdre Imus | Posted 11.19.2007 | Living

Why is it that veterinarians have a better appreciation than mainstream physicians of how over-vaccinating might overload the immune system?

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Are These People Completely Out of Their Minds?

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Hospitals, Health Insurance, Affordable Healthcare, HMO's, Health Care, Schip, Hillary Health Care, How to Pay for Health Care, Ama, Politics News

In spite of the fact that during the time of Bill Hillary was ready to take a hatchet to the insurance companies, now the insurance companies are falling over themselves to shower her with dollars.

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