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Items published in 2006
There are 2255 items in the Healthy Skepticism Library that were published in 2006.
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HSL7031
GAO .
Prescription Drugs : Improvements needed in FDA's Oversight of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
United States Government Accountability Office ( GAO) 2006 Nov 31
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0754.pdf
HSL7388
Abelson R.
The Spine as Profit Center
The New York Times 2006 Dec 30
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3081EFC3D540C738FDDAB0994DE404482
HSL7496
Rosenberg M.
New Year's Resolutions for Big Pharma
CommonDreams.org 2006 Dec 30
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views06/1230-23.htm
HSL7364
Witkowski W.
Pharma Consolidation to Continue in 2007
Associated Press 2006 Dec 29
http://www.forbes.com/technology/sciences/feeds/ap/2006/12/29/ap3288175.html
HSL7533
Canadian pharmacists push for power to prescribe
CTV.ca 2006 Dec 29
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061229/pharm_pills_061229/20061229?hub=Health
HSL7358
Jirik K.
How Great Researchers Get By-lines, Get Paid, and Get Medicine in Trouble
Bioethics Forum 2006 Dec 28;
http://www.bioethicsforum.org/plagiarism-in-medical-research.asp
HSL7361
Waters R.
J&J Sued by Texas in Whistleblower Case on Marketing (Update1)
Bloomberg.com 2006 Dec 28
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=a2mpCNBojB2I&refer=healthcare
HSL8761
Pringle E.
Paxil Birth Defect Litigation - Battle of the Decade
The Sierra Times 2006 Dec 28
http://www.sierratimes.com/06/12/28/75_7_240_61_62632.htm
HSL7355
Davis R.
FDA gives green light to cyanide treatment
USA Today 2006 Dec 27
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-12-27-cyanide_x.htm
HSL7313
Heartburn drugs raise risk of hip fractures: study
Reuters 2006 Dec 26
HSL7314
Armstrong D.
Medical Journal Spikes Article On Industry Ties of Kidney Group
The Wall Street Journal 2006 Dec 26
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB116709354076459273-lMyQjAxMDE2NjI3NjAyOTYzWj.html
HSL8482
Manzer J.
Damage Control: It's on the market, so now what?
The Ottawa Citizen 2006 Dec 26
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=d36b1d76-5704-4fa3-8a76-61fa36e3d73a
HSL7315
Siegel M.
Pressured to prescribe
The LA Times 2006 Dec 25
HSL7319
Pringle E.
Court Allows Eli Lilly To Bury Zyprexa Documents
Dissident Voice.org 2006 Dec 25
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec06/Pringle25.htm
HSL7320
Golden Parachutes: Henry McKinnell
CBC News Interactive 2006 Dec 24
http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/who-goldenparachutes/
HSL7494
Morgenson G.
FAIR GAME; A Lump Of Coal Might Suffice
The New York Times 2006 Dec 24
http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F10A11FA3A550C778EDDAB0994DE404482
HSL7255
MacLaggan C, Embry J.
Battle over drugs hits crescendo: Lawsuit claims state official who pushed drug was rewarded.
The Austin American Statesman 2006 Dec 23
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/23/23mhmrdrugs.html
HSL7267
Stiglitz JE.
Scrooge and intellectual property rights.
BMJ 2006 Dec 23; 333:(7582):1279-80
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1279
HSL7307
Collier J.
Getting new drugs to market: how individuals could do this without leaving their desks.
BMJ 2006 Dec 23; 333:(7582):1315-7
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/333/7582/1315
HSL7371
Tapley AL, Lurie P, Wolfe SM.
Suboptimum use of FDA drug advisory committees
Lancet. 2006 Dec 23; 368:(9554):2210
http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7493
HSL16753
Tapley AL, Lurie P, Wolfe SM.
Suboptimum use of FDA drug advisory committees.
Lancet 2006 Dec 23; 368:(9554):2210
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(06)69892-9
HSL7195
Carey B.
Troubled Children: Parenting as Therapy for Child's Mental Disorders
The New York Times 2006 Dec 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/health/22KIDS.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=115b63ec6e55fbe1&hp=&ex=1166850000&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1166804194-QVdK9EHrud82YDUCqGL71Q&oref=slogin
HSL7196
Feder BJ.
Bristol Says U.S. Inquiry Is Settled
The New York Times 2006 Dec 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/business/22bristol.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print
HSL7198
Big Payday for Pfizer's McKinnell
The Street.com 2006 Dec 22
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/pharmaceuticals/10329360.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
HSL7199
Strong Medicine for Bristol-Myers
Business Week Online 2006 Dec 22
http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/061222/pi20061221797538.html?.v=1
HSL7456
Kaiser Network.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Agrees To Settle Federal Investigation of Pricing, Sales, Marketing Practices for $499M
Kaiser Daily Reports 2006 Dec 22
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=41828
HSL7791
Paris V, Docteur E.
Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Canada
: OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Group on Health 2006 Dec 22
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2006doc.nsf/7b20c1f93939d029c125685d005300b1/ba28ea8b0f3a3469c125724c00518f6b/$FILE/JT03220024.PDF
HSL7197
Lipton J.
More Layoffs Seen For Big Pharma
Forbes.com 2006 Dec 21
http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/21/pfizer-pharmaceuticals-update-markets-equity-cx_jl_1221markets21.html?partner=yahootix
HSL7200
Judge slashes damages in Vioxx case: Jury had awarded family of 71-year-old Texas man $32 million but judge cuts that by about three-quarters.
CNN Money 2006 Dec 21
http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/21/news/companies/bc.merck.vioxx.texas2.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
HSL7201
Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Agreement In Principle to Settle Federal Investigation Into Pricing, Sales And Marketing Practices
Bristol-Myers Squibb 2006 Dec 21
http://newsroom.bms.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=226
HSL7202
Bristol-Myers Settles Charges for $499M
Examiner.com 2006 Dec 21
http://www.examiner.com/a-468829~Bristol_Myers_Settles_Charges_for__499M.html
HSL7203
Berenson A.
Disparity Emerges in Lilly Data on Schizophrenia Drug
The New York Times 2006 Dec 21
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/business/21drug.html
HSL7204
Whitehead JW.
Which is More Dangerous to Your Health-the Flu or the FDA?
Rutherford.org 2006 Dec 21
http://www.rutherford.org/images/commentary/TheFlu-FDA.gif
HSL7206
Pringle E.
Zyprexa Cat Out Of The Bag
Countercurrents.org 2006 Dec 21
http://www.countercurrents.org/pringle211206.htm
HSL7210
Cohen D
Public Testimonies at FDA-SSRI-Suicidality Hearings, Dec. 13, 2006
: AHRP 2006 Dec 21
HSL7252
JNJ: New Labelling Could Reduce Tylenol Sales
Yahoo Finance 2006 Dec 21
http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061221/22806_id.html?.v=1
HSL7253
Linnane C.
Bristol-Myers reaches deal with DoJ; cuts 2006 outlook
Market Watch.com 2006 Dec 21
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7bC468B990-FA2D-4FD7-89CD-E9AAC34D14C4%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
HSL7254
Eli Lilly's Zyprexa data didn't match: paper
Yahoo Finance 2006 Dec 21
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/061221/elililly_data.html?.v=1
HSL7317
Drohan M.
New! Improved! Drugs! Should drug companies be able to advertise prescription drugs in Canada?
CBC News 2006 Dec 21
http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_drohan/20061221.html
HSL7455
Schmit J.
Bristol's $499M drug-pricing settlement among biggest
USA Today 2006 Dec 21
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/drugs/2006-12-21-bristol-myers_x.htm
HSL8739
Coppens P, Delmulle L, Gulati O, Richardson D, Ruthsatz M, Sievers H, Sidani S; European Botanical Forum.
Use of botanicals in food supplements. Regulatory scope, scientific risk assessment and claim substantiation. 2005.
Ann Nutr Metab. 2006 Dec 21; 50:(6):538-54
http://content.karger.com/produktedb/produkte.asp?typ=fulltext&file=000098146
HSL8082
Berenson A.
Disparity Emerges in Lilly Data on Schizophrenia Drug
New York Times 2006 Dec 21
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/business/21drug.html?ex=1170478800&en=2bb48c3172b8bf06&ei=5070
HSL7148
Creswell J.
Court Orders Lawyer to Return Documents About an Eli Lilly Drug
The New York Times 2006 Dec 20
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/business/20lilly.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pag&oref=slogin
HSL7149
Eli Lilly and the Dangers of a Drug (5 Letters)
The New York Times 2006 Dec 20
HSL7152
Cortez MF, Rapaport L.
Wyeth Hormone Sales Rise Even After Linked to Cancer
Bloomberg.com 2006 Dec 20
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=a8xZNiDY7l8I&refer=healthcare
HSL7153
Herskovits B.
Opening the Floodgates: FDA’s revisions to guidelines on expanding access to experimental drugs intensify an already murky issue for pharma
PharmaExec.com 2006 Dec 20
http://www.pharmexec.com/pharmexec/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=393504
HSL7155
Cullen A.
Sanofi, Merck's Gardasil Wins Austrian Reimbursement
Bloomberg.com 2006 Dec 20
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=a2nM0wbDxgjE&refer=healthcare
HSL7194
Company ordered to reveal drug's side effects
ABC News Online 2006 Dec 20
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1815908.htm
HSL7211
Japsen B.
Blood substitute `a disaster' in trial: Northfield still plans to seek FDA approval
Chicago Tribune 2006 Dec 20
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0612200304dec20,0,7607612.story?coll=chi-business-hed
HSL7212
Lee C.
New Drugs Declining, Research Costs Increasing, GAO Says
The Washington Post 2006 Dec 20
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR2006121901510.html
HSL7322
MSF urges Novartis to drop its case against the Indian government: Case will negatively impact access to medicines for millions across the world
MSF 2006 Dec 20
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/prod/publications.asp?scntid=20122006113976&contenttype=PARA&
HSL8483
Manzer J.
Trial Under Fire: Since drug companies are in business to make a profit, they tend to fund studies that explore benefits, not potential harms.
The Ottawa Citizen 2006 Dec 20
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=9945dc68-961c-47bb-9991-3aa855e98501
HSL7107
Brickates-Kennedy V.
Lilly denies report of Zyprexa wrong-doing
Market Watch 2006 Dec 19
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BFE8B43C3%2DAA00%2D42A5%2D95FA%2DA9C717BC34AD%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo
HSL7108
Biogen, Genentech Report Rituxan Deaths
The Street.com 2006 Dec 19
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/biotech/10328595.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
HSL7109
Ahead of the Bell: Genentech, Biogen: Analysts See Little Impact on Genentech and Biogen From Drug Related Death Disclosure
Yahoo Finance 2006 Dec 19
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061219/biogen_ahead_of_the_bell.html?.v=1
HSL7147
MacLaggan C, Embry J.
State official was paid consultant for drug company: Doctor forced to leave state employ says arrangement was approved by the
The Austin American Statesman 2006 Dec 19
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/19/19mhmrdrugs.html
HSL7150
Pfizer Knocked Down a Notch
The Street.com 2006 12 19
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/pharmaceuticals/10328749.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
HSL7154
Brickates Kennedy V
AstraZeneca shares slide on Nexium setback
Market Watch 2006 Dec 19
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BC6E48B4C%2D7CEE%2D4759%2DB3F9%2D4B8F079589A7%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo
HSL7535
Editorial
Playing Down the Risks of a Drug
The New York Times 2006 Dec 19
http://psychrights.org/Articles/NYTimes12-19ZyprexaEditorial.html
HSL7536
Davis TC, Wolf MS, Bass PF 3rd, Thompson JA, Tilson HH, Neuberger M, Parker RM.
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels.
Ann Intern Med 2006 Dec 19; 145:(12):887-94
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/145/12/887
HSL7537
Schillinger D.
Misunderstanding prescription labels: the genie is out of the bottle.
Ann Intern Med 2006 Dec 19; 145:(12):926-8
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/145/12/926
HSL8481
Manzer J.
The Painful Truth
The Ottawa Citizen 2006 Dec 19
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e3f54568-486f-4e35-a5bd-f1b7d76e7b6c
HSL7087
Davis M, Peatling S.
Bone drug subsidies extended
The Sydney Morning Herald 2006 Dec 18
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bone-drug-subsidies-extended/2006/12/17/1166290412444.html
HSL7095
Pharmaceutical Firms' Compliance Support Programmes: No Thank You!
La revue Prescrire 2006 Dec 18
HSL7104
Eli Lilly Accused of Promoting Off-Label Prescribing of Zyprexa
Yahoo Finance 2006 Dec 18
HSL7105
US FDA undecided whether to withdraw Sanofi-Aventis' Ketek from sale
Forbes 2006 Dec 18
HSL7106
Kollewe J.
Drugs giant warns on new heart treatment
Guardian Unlimited 2006 Dec 18
HSL7110
Mitchell S.
Analysis: Ketek least of Sanofi's problems
United Press International 2006 Dec 18
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20061218-024101-2825r
HSL7146
Wilson N.
Drug Makers Accused Of Misleading Health Dept.
KEY TV-CBS 2006 Dec 18
http://keyetv.com/investigates/local_story_352223055.html
HSL7193
Berenson A .
Drug Files Show Maker Promoted Unapproved Use
New York Times 2006 Dec 18
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/business/18drug.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
HSL7316
Berlinger N.
14,000 Women
Bioethics Forum 2006 Dec 18
http://www.bioethicsforum.org/breast-cancer-hormone-replacement-therapy.asp
HSL7370
Ridgeway NG.
Zyprexa Drug Rep
YouTube 2006 Dec 18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj0LZZzrcrs
HSL7386
Zyprexa Drug Rep Video
ridgeway/ng 2006 Dec 18
http://ridgewayng.com/08spevideo.htm
HSL8079
TeenScreen - A National Fraud (Video)
YouTube 2006 Dec 18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfU9puZQKBY
HSL7036
Berenson A.
Eli Lilly Said to Play Down Risk of Top Pill
New York Times 2006 Dec 17
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/business/17drug.html
HSL7130
Weintraub A.
The Big Rethink at Pfizer: After a heart drug debacle, it's reassessing the way it bets on unproven technology
Business Week 2006 Dec 17
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/dec2006/db20061207_909140.htm
HSL7029
Hansen B.
Schizophrenia Treatment in Seven Easy Steps
Bonkers Institute for Nearly Genuine Research 2006 Dec 16
http://www.bonkersinstitute.org/seven.html
HSL7039
Editorial .
A Big Drop in Breast Cancer
The New York Times 2006 Dec 16
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/16/opinion/16sat1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
HSL7041
Embry J, Selby WG.
State's mental facilities duped into using drug, Abbott alleges Lawsuit claims state official pushed drug, was rewarded with money.
Austin AMerican Statesman 2006 Dec 16
HSL7046
Black N.
The Cooksey review of UK health research funding.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1231-2
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7581/1231
HSL7047
Lenzer J.
Researcher received undisclosed payments of 300,000 dollars from Pfizer.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1237
HSL7048
Tanne JH.
Pfizer stops clinical trials of heart drug.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1237
HSL7049
Tuffs A.
Sponsorship of patients' groups by drug companies should be made transparent.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1238
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7581/1238-d
HSL7050
Day M.
GPs should use 'premier' information sources when prescribing
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1239
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7581/1239
HSL7051
Mayor S.
NICE requires primary care trusts to tackle prevention and management of obesity.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1239
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7581/1239-a
HSL7052
Burton B.
Review of drug subsidy scheme delayed as test case looms.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1239
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7581/1239-b
HSL7053
Cole A.
Cooksey report recommends central coordinating body for research.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1239
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7581/1239-c
HSL7054
Andersen NV.
Dispute over conflicts of interests leads to changes for medical society.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1240
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7581/1240
HSL7055
Day M.
Duff's report calls for changes in way drugs are tested.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1240
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7581/1240-a
HSL7058
Schwartz LM, Woloshin S, Dvorin EL, Welch HG.
Ratio measures in leading medical journals: structured review of accessibility of underlying absolute risks.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1248
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/333/7581/1248?etoc
HSL7059
Aronson JK, Hauben M.
Anecdotes that provide definitive evidence.
BMJ 2006 Dec 16; 333:(7581):1267-9
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/333/7581/1267
HSL7088
Cresswell A.
Commercial brakes
The Australian 2006 Dec 16
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20933833-23289,00.html
HSL7140
Creswell A.
Commercial brakes : The drug advertising regulator is under pressure to reimpose a ban on TV endorsements by doctors.
The Australian Newspaper 2006 Dec 16
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20933833-23289,00.html
HSL7207
Alonso-Zaldivar R.
Panel urges limits on antibiotic linked to liver risks Common uses for Ketek should stop, it says in a new blow to the FDA.
The Los Angeles Times 2006 Dec 16
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-fda16dec16,1,2008863.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
HSL7417
Cienski J.
Polish drug factory closed after treatment mix up.
Lancet 2006 Dec 16; 368:(9553):2116
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17176512&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_DocSum
HSL7044
Kolata G.
Reversing Trend, Big Drop Is Seen in Breast Cancer
The New York Times 2006 Dec 15
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/health/15breast.html?ex=1166850000&en=c846191a268e6963&ei=5070&emc=eta1
HSL7056
Miller B.
New research renews hormone, cancer link debate
PM - Transcript 2006 Dec 15
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1812888.htm
HSL7057
Stoddard E.
Breast cancer on decline
The Sunday Telegraph 2006 Dec 15
http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0,,20931910-5006007,00.html#
HSL7091
pharmiweb.com
Pharma turns to reformulation to maximize ROI
: pharmiweb.com 2006 Dec 15
http://www.pharmiweb.com/features/feature.asp?ROW_ID=932
HSL7151
Smith A.
Merck wins another Vioxx case: Merck, vowing to fight cases one-by-one, is victorious in Alabama Vioxx verdict, its second win this week.
CNN Money.com 2006 Dec 15
http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/15/news/companies/vioxx/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
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