Pharmaceutical Influence Fought By Medical School, Journalists
TRENTON, N.J. — Just about every segment of the medical community is piling on the pharmaceutical industry these days, accusing drugmakers of de...
Pharmaceutical Industry
Icahn, ImClone Turn Down Bristol-Myers Offer
DealBook | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business
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Pharmaceuticals,
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ImClone Systems, the maker of the anti-cancer drug Erbitux, said on Monday that while it is studying a $4.5 billion takeover bid from Bristol-Myers Sq...
Carl Icahn Busy Making Money Where Martha, Others Failed
New York Times | Andrew Pollack | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business
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ImClone,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Carl Icahn,
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Martha Stewart,
ImClone Systems,
ImClone Sale,
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It was one of the most celebrated insider-trading scandals of the last decade, sending Martha Stewart and her Merrill Lynch stock broker to prison, al...
California's Misguided War on Self-Knowledge
Adam Hanft | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living
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Pharmacogenomics,
Dna Testing,
Dna,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Drug Regulators,
Science,
Human Genome,
Tracing Your Genome,
Living News
California is trying to stop companies from marketing genetic testing to state residents. But accurate genetic understanding could have enormously beneficial implications for individuals.
Breaking out of the 'academic comfort zone' for higher returns on medical research philanthropy
Katie Hood | Posted 06.26.2008 | Living
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Parkinson's Disease,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Biomedical Research,
Mike Milken,
Biotech,
Academic-Indutry Partnership,
Nonprofit Sector,
Philanthropy,
Living News
Last week I spoke on a couple of panels at the BIO Global Convention in San Diego. At one point I found myself seated next to Joshua Boger, the CEO of...
There's No Excuse for Overmedicating the Elderly
Liz Spikol | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business
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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...
Warning To Veterans: Drug's Side Effects May Include Suicide
ABC News | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
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Pharmaceutical Industry,
Veterans Mental Health,
Veterans Health,
Iraq Veterans Suicide,
Drug Testing on Veterans,
Chantix,
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,
Suicide Linked Drug,
Politics News
Responding to an ABC News/Washington Times investigation, the Veterans Administration plans to inform 32,000 veterans that they are using a drug linke...
Do You Believe in Objective (Ha! Ha! Wink, Wink!) Science?
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.17.2008 | Living
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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.
An American Center for Cures?
Katie Hood | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
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Nih,
Basic Research,
Science,
Healthcare Reform,
2008 Election,
Disease Cures,
Parkinson's Disease,
Translational Research,
Biomedical Research,
Health Care,
Politics News
Finding cures is in and of itself an valuable, people-focused kind of health care reform -- because it can not only improve quality of life but save the costs that are burdening our system.
Our Daily Meds: Navigating the Polypharmacy
Derek Beres | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living
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Prescription Pills,
Drugs,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Melody Petersen,
Health Care,
Our Daily Meds,
Fda,
Living News
Tragically, a drug often works no better than a sugar pill, yet the pharmaceutical industry is driving -- let's make that dominating -- our economy.
Drug Patent Rules Must Allow Exceptions for Public Health
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics
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Pharmaceutical Companies,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Pharmaceutical Lobby,
Patent Monopoly,
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Health Care,
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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.
I'm Not Drinking the Kook (I Mean, Kool) Aid
Kim Stagliano | Posted 03.01.2008 | Living
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Thimerosal,
Autism,
Autism Vaccines,
Autism Thimerosal,
Autism Vaccine Mercury,
Big Pharma,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Living News
Parents understand that drug companies lie, cheat, fudge data and advertise using fear to sell all of their products -- and that includes vaccines.
No, Vaccines Aren't Behind the Rise in Autism
Harold Pollack | Posted 02.29.2008 | Living
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Measles,
Vaccines,
Big Pharma,
Mercuritol,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Hystories Elaine Showalter,
Autism Thimerosal,
Eli Stone,
Thimerosal,
Abc,
Eli Stone Autism,
Living News
Autism spectrum disorders are especially mysterious, varied, and frightening. Spreading debunked rumors will not help anyone here.
Desperate Americans Call Ireland for Drug Support
David McWilliams | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business
Every time we tune in to Desperate Housewives, we count our blessings for middle-aged America's neurotic fear of growing old because the Botox demand for these actresses pays for our children's classrooms.
Pfizer Pulls Misleading Lipitor Ads
New York TImes | Stephanie Saul | Posted 02.26.2008 | Business
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Drug Ads,
Pharmaceutical Companies,
Lipitor Ads,
Lipitor,
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Robert Jarvik,
Pfizer Drugs,
Fake Lipitor Doctor,
Cholesterol Drugs,
Big Pharma,
Pharmaceuticals,
Pfizer,
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Under criticism that its ads are misleading, Pfizer said Monday that it would cancel a long-running advertising campaign using the artificial heart pi...
Inside Ambien Abuse
Newsweek | Karen Springen | Posted 02.22.2008 | Living
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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...
Big Pharma Raised Top Drug Prices By 7.8 Percent In 2007
Wall Street Journal | HEATHER WON TESORIERO | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business
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Lipitor,
Pharmaceutical Companies,
Glaxosmithkline,
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Big Pharma,
Ambien,
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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...
Botox, FDA and Michael Clayton
Irena Medavoy | Posted 02.15.2008 | Living
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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.
Overmedication Nation
The New York Times | Judith Warner | Posted 02.15.2008 | Living
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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...
The Stop-Smoking Drug That Could Make You Crazy
New York Magazine | Derek de Koff | Posted 02.11.2008 | Living
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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...
Merck Settles With Govt Over Rebates
AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 02.07.2008 | Business
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Zocor,
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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...
Tainted Chinese Drug Scandal Linked To U.S. Abortion Pill
New York Times | AKE HOOKER and WALT BOGDANICH | Posted 01.31.2008 | Business
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Drug Manufacturing,
Mifepristone,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Chinese Drugs,
Fda,
Drug Regulators,
Abortion Pill,
RU-486,
Leukemia Drugs,
Chinese Drug Regulators,
Shanghai Hualian,
Cancer Patients,
Drug Scandal,
Cover-Ups,
Business News
A huge state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company that exports to dozens of countries, including the United States, is at the center of a nationwide d...
The Contraindications of Our Pill-Popping Ways
Naomi Wax | Posted 01.28.2008 | Living
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Fda Approval,
Heath LEdger Dead,
Pills,
Drugs,
Fda,
Heath Ledger,
Pharmaceuticals,
Heath Ledger Death,
Living News
Six different medications in one person's apartment!? It's hardly as scandalous as reporters implied when Heath Ledger's drug inventory was made public.
Gay Sex Equals Death! Again! Always!
Sara Whitman | Posted 01.16.2008 | Living
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Mrsa,
Homosexuality,
Stds,
Pharmaceutical Industry,
Staph Infection,
Antibiotics,
Homophobia,
New Staph Infection,
Media Bias,
Media Prejudice,
Gay Men Staph Infections,
Living News
Whenever gay men's sex lives ends up being classified as deadly instead of focusing on the pharmaceutical industries responsibility for the growth of antibiotic resistant infections, I have to wonder why.
Live Updates From Steve Jobs' Keynote At MacWorld Expo 2008
MacRumorsLive | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business
9:38 am Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, Newline, FOx, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Sony all on board 9:37 am iTunes Movie Rentals 9:36 am 12...
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