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Pfizer Pulls Misleading Lipitor Ads

New York TImes | Stephanie Saul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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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...

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Inside Ambien Abuse

Newsweek | Karen Springen | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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The Stop-Smoking Drug That Could Make You Crazy

New York Magazine | Derek de Koff | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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Big Pharma Frets As Major Patent Expirations Loom

Wall Street Journal | BARBARA MARTINEZ, JACOB GOLDSTEIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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