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Items published in 2008

There are 2390 items in the Healthy Skepticism Library that were published in 2008.

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HSL17845
The Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine at UC San Francisco
Industry Sponsored Research and Marketing (Pt. 2)
UCSF Marketing of Medicines: Critical Skills for Clinicians 2008 Jan 22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoDdQ6foEtc

HSL14839
Singer N.
No Mug? Drug Makers Cut Out Goodies for Doctors
The New York Times 2008 Dec 31
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/31drug.html?hp

HSL14892
Santiago MG, Bucher HC, Nordmann AJ.
Accuracy of drug advertisements in medical journals under new law regulating the marketing of pharmaceutical products in Switzerland.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2008 Dec 31; 8:(1):61
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/8/61

HSL14874
Drug Researcher Agrees to Curb Role
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Dec 30
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB123068708012744467-lMyQjAxMDI4MzMwMTYzODE3Wj.html

HSL14875
Belluck P.
Child Psychiatrist to Curtail Industry-Financed Activities
The New York Times 2008 Dec 30
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/health/policy/31psych.html

HSL15076
Ripley K.
MERCOSUR Adopts Guidelines on Promotion, Advertising & Marketing of Pharmaceuticals
The TEMAS Blog 2008 Dec 30
http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/mercosur-adopts-guidelines-on-promotion-advertising-marketing-of-pharmaceuticals/

HSL14876
Florida nets $8.5M in Medicaid settlement
Orlando Business Journal 2008 Dec 29
http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2008/12/29/daily10.html

HSL14830
Sullivan L.
Novartis' Excedrin YouTube Contest Deemed A Success
Marketing Daily 2008 Dec 24
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=97211&Nid=50630&p=448587

HSL14870
Erdley D.
State pharmacist convicted of conflict of interest
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 Dec 24
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_604288.html

HSL14871
Beard K.
Commentary: The balance between marketing and safety.
BMJ 2008 Dec 24; 337:a2996:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/dec24_1/a2996

HSL14872
FDA Sends Abbott Letter About Humira
PharmaLive 2008 Dec 24
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=594701

HSL15075
Ripley K.
New Brazilian Rules on Pharmaceutical Marketing
The TEMAS Blog 2008 Dec 24
http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/new-brazilian-rules-on-pharmaceutical-marketing/

HSL14873
Edwards Lifesciences to Disclose Financial Relationships With U.S. Physicians
CNN Money.com 2008 Dec 23
http://www.edwards.com/newsroom/Pages/nr20081223.aspx

HSL17463
Pereira J
Emory Professor Steps Down
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Dec 23
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123000405102929417.html

HSL14867
GSK to end state-level political contributions
Triangle Business Journal 2008 Dec 22
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/22/daily3.html

HSL14877
GlaxoSmithKline to Cease Providing Corporate Political Contributions
PharmaLive 2008 Dec 22
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=594315

HSL14884
Wilson D.
Publisher opens inquiry into article on Wyeth drug
The International Herald Tribune 2008 Dec 20
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/20/technology/drugs.php

HSL14888
Clarke J, Gawley A.
The Triumph of Pharmaceuticals: The Portrayal of Depression from 1980 to 2005.
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2008 Dec 20;
http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=bp5n771x127221g1

HSL14823
ISDB Statement on Direct-To-Consumer-Advertising (DTCA)
2008 Dec 19

HSL14837
Charter D.
AstraZeneca row as corruption claims engulf Nobel prize
The Times 2008 Dec 19
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5367941.ece

HSL14866
Wilson D.
Medical Publisher to Review Claim About Article’s Writer
The New York Times 2008 Dec 19
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20ghost.html?_r=1

HSL14822
Anvisa aprova restrições para propagandas de medicamentos
JC OnLine (Recife, Brasil) 2008 Dec 18
http://jc.uol.com.br/2008/12/18/not_187695.php

HSL14833
Laidlaw S.
Nobel prize probe launched
thestar.com 2008 Dec 18
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/555701

HSL14834
Pfizer Again Tops Annual “Most Effective” Sales Force Ranking, According to Study by GfK Market Measures
Business Wire 2008 Dec 18
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081218005081&newsLang=en

HSL14831
Ramshaw E.
Filing alleges drug maker defrauded Texas to get on Medicaid list
The Dallas Morning News 2008 Dec 17
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/johnson-johnson-texas-and-medicaid-fraud/

HSL14820
Roner L.
SFE in Australia – a conversation with Paul Hobbs
eyeforpharma.com 2008 Dec 16
http://web.archive.org/web/20101219160400/http://social.eyeforpharma.com/story/sfe-australia-%E2%80%93-conversation-paul-hobbs

HSL14826
Roner L.
Using CRM to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing healthcare
eyeforpharma.com 2008 Dec 16
http://social.eyeforpharma.com/story/using-crm-meet-challenges-rapidly-changing-healthcare-environment

HSL14827
Watson R.
Proposal to allow drug companies to give information to public sparks outcry.
BMJ. 2008 Dec 16; 337:a3043:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/dec16_2/a3043?papetoc

HSL14832
Japsen B.
Ovation sued after hiking price of heart drug 1,300%
The Chicago Tribune 2008 Dec 16
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-ftc-ovation-heart-dec14,0,2696509.story

HSL14860
Taylor L.
European-style drug price regs 'could shorten US lives'
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 16
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14963&src=EWorldNews

HSL14813
Perlman D.
UCSF says reports on drug trials skew positive
San Francisco Chronicle 2008 Dec 15
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/12/15/MNKF14GTLO.DTL

HSL14814
Ahmed R.
India Drug Price Regulator Asks Pharma Cos To Cut Prices
Dow Jones Newswires 2008 Dec 15
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081215%5CACQDJON200812150903DOWJONESDJONLINE000366.htm

HSL14817
Sax L.
Child psychiatry is sick with hidden conflicts of interest
NY Daily News 2008 Dec 14
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/12/14/2008-12-14_child_psychiatry_is_sick_with_hidden_con.html

HSL14828
Hundley K.
The latest industry being outsourced to India: clinical drug trials
St Petersburg Times 2008 Dec 14
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article934677.ece

HSL14835
Hundley K.
Deaths raise questions in Indian hospital
St Petersburg Times 2008 Dec 14
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article934633.ece

HSL14784
Wilson D.
Wyeth’s Use of Medical Ghostwriters Questioned
The New York Times 2008 Dec 13
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/business/13wyeth.html

HSL14789
Transparency rules at the Cleveland Clinic
The Lancet 2008 Dec 13; 372:(9655):2002
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61852-8/fulltext

HSL14818
Diller L.
Fallen Heroes of Children's Mental Health
Psychology Today 2008 Dec 13
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-last-normal-child/200812/fallen-heroes-childrens-mental-health-0

HSL14623
Go RS.
Issues Behind Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
JAMA 2008 Dec 12; 300:(18):
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/300/18/2120-a?etoc

HSL14786
Light D.
How Reducing Negligible Risks Drives Up Health Costs: A Closer Look at the Clinical Trials for Crestor
Science Progress 2008 Dec 12
http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/12/how-reducing-negligible-risks-drives-up-health-costs/

HSL14787
Wilson D.
Drug Maker Said to Pay Ghostwriters for Journal Articles
The New York Times 2008 Dec 12
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/business/13wyeth.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=wyeth&st=cse

HSL14793
Massachusetts Proposes New Rules Governing Sales/Marketing Tactics Of Pharma And Medical Device Companies
Medical News Today 2008 Dec 12
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/132884.php

HSL14795
Silverman E.
Silence! Apotex, A Doctor And Freedom Of Speech
Pharmalot 2008 Dec 12
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/silence-apotex-a-doctor-and-freedom-of-speech/

HSL14796
Rubenstein S.
How Many Negative Drug Studies Still Go Unpublished?
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2008 Dec 12
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/12/12/how-many-negative-drug-studies-still-go-unpublished

HSL14798
Taylor L.
EU to ease curbs on Rx drug info to patients
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 12
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14941&src=EWorldNews

HSL14799
Taylor L.
US industry tightens DTC guidelines, but legislators are unimpressed
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 12
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14944&src=EWorldNews

HSL14812
Senator Grassley’s Letter to Wyeth About Medical Ghostwriting
Pharmalive 2008 Dec 12
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=592413

HSL14819
Farber C.
Swedish Officials Investigating Nobel Prize Board
NewsMax.com 2008 Dec 12
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nobel_prize_bribery/2008/12/12/161399.html

HSL14778
Shanahan L.
Drugs chief won't curtail spending
The Age (Melbourne) 2008 Dec 11

HSL14783
Sweet M.
Australian health professionals warned against featuring in advertisements
BMJ. 2008 Dec 11; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/dec11_1/a2951?papetoc

HSL14792
EC Pharma Package Article 100b: Opening the door to advertising
HAI Europe 2008 Dec 11
www.haiweb.org

HSL14794
Moore J.
Bill would expand law on medical disclosure
Star Tribune 2008 Dec 11
http://www.startribune.com/politics/36015669.html

HSL14797
Reinberg S.
Two Asthma Meds May Be Too Risky, FDA Panel Says
Health Day 2008 Dec 11
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=622182

HSL14805
Silverman E.
Vytorin: A Top Ten Public Relations Blunder
Pharmalot 2008 Dec 11
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/vytorin-a-top-ten-public-relations-blunder/

HSL14806
McConville C.
Doctor-gift regulations loophole hit
The Boston Herald 2008 Dec 11
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2008_12_11_Doctor-gift_regulations_loophole_hit:_Pay_for_research_stay

HSL14807
Silverman E.
Novartis Guards Against Unapproved Advertising
Pharmalot 2008 Dec 11
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/novartis-guards-against-unapproved-advertising/

HSL14825
Bates AK.
Brand Equity and Shareholder Value: The Big Divide
Eyeforpharma.com 2008 Dec 11
http://social.eyeforpharma.com/story/brand-equity-and-shareholder-value-big-divide

HSL14836
Hundley K.
India's poor often test drugs bound for U.S. markets
St Petersburg Times 2008 Dec 11
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article934677.ece

HSL14774
America’s Pharmaceutical Research Companies Enhance Voluntary Guidelines on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
Pharma Live 2008 Dec 10
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=591575

HSL14775
White A.
EU to allow more information on prescription drugs
The Washington Post 2008 Dec 10
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/10/AR2008121001311.html

HSL14779
Medical schools urge limits to drug makers' influence on students
The Canadian Press 2008 Dec 10
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/10/medical.html

HSL14782
Teinowitz I.
PhRMA Guideline Revisions Don't Go Far Enough for Legislators
The Advertising Age 2008 Dec 10
http://adage.com/article?article_id=133170

HSL14790
Schiff D.
A Stake in the Heartburn Market
Over the Counter Today 2008 Dec 10
http://www.overthecountertoday.com/2008/12/a-stake-in-the-heartburn-market.html

HSL14791
Massachusetts Proposes Sweeping New Rules Governing Sales and Marketing Tactics of Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies
Pharma Live 2008 Dec 10
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=591811&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL14800
Dingell, Stupak React to PhRMA's DTC Policy Revisions
Pharma Live 2008 Dec 10
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=591812&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL14801
The Prescription Project Criticizes New PhRMA DTCA Guidelines
Pharma Live 2008 Dec 10
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=591808&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL14802
Mitka M.
Industry Funding
JAMA 2008 Dec 10; 300:(22):2599
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/300/22/2599

HSL14803
Wollschlaeger B.
Hooked: Ethics, the Medical Profession, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
JAMA 2008 Dec 10; 300:(22):2675
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/300/22/2675

HSL14808
Psych CL.
Treatment Guidelines and GSK's Open Disclosure
Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look 2008 Dec 10
http://clinpsyc.blogspot.com/2008/12/treatment-guidelines-and-gsks-open.html

HSL14809
Edwards J.
PhRMA’s New Drug Ad Rules Still Lack an Enforcement Mechanism
BNET 2008 Dec 10
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000485/phrmas-new-drug-ad-rules-still-lack-an-enforcement-mechanism/

HSL14816
(Generic) Drug Resistance
The New York Times 2008 Dec 10
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/opinion/10wed3.html?_r=1

HSL14761
Wang SS.
Drug-Safety Data: Too Much Information?
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Dec 9
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122876878853188981-lMyQjAxMDI4MjA4OTcwNjk4Wj.html

HSL14763
Silverman E.
Roche Rep Fired For Refusing To Promote Off-Label
Pharmalot 2008 Dec 9
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/roche-rep-fired-for-refusing-to-promote-off-label/

HSL14765
Loftus P.
Drug Companies Trim Advertising Spending, Tweak Approach
CNN Money.com 2008 Dec 9
http://www.cafepharma.com/boards/showthread.php?t=344138

HSL14766
Mack J.
Death of the One-Click
Pharma Marketing Blog 2008 Dec 9
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2008/12/death-of-one-click-rule-or-received.html

HSL14767
Edwards J.
Do Drug Ads Carry Too Many Warnings?
BNET 2008 Dec 9
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000479/do-drug-ads-carry-too-many-warnings/

HSL14865
Hopkins Tanne J.
US psychiatrist is fired from radio programme for not disclosing drug company ties
BMJ 2008 Dec 9; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/dec09_1/a2934

HSL14754
Taylor L.
Current FDA leaders “have lined their pockets,” Obama told
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 8
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14902&src=EWorldNews

HSL14759
SDI Reports: Physicians Satisfied with Number of Sales Rep Visits
Pharma Live 2008 Dec 8
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=590636&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL14760
Richwine L.
US Democrat backs advertising limits for medicines
Reuters 2008 Dec 8
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSN0850286920081208

HSL14780
Rep.Waxman addresses Prescription Project conference
The Prescription Project 2008 Dec 8
http://blog.prescriptionproject.org/?p=358

HSL14758
Ritter M.
Scientists back brain drugs for healthy people
Yahoo Finance 2008 Dec 7
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_he_me/med_brain_pills

HSL14740
Gérvas J, Starfield B, Heath I.
Is clinical prevention better than cure?
Lancet 2008 Dec 6; 372:(9654):1997–99
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2808%2961843-7/fulltext

HSL14788
Kowalczyk L.
Firms win victory on doctor gift rules
The Boston Globe 2008 Dec 6
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/06/firms_win_victory_on_doctor_gift_rules/

HSL14750
Goldstein J.
Penn Medicine to disclose doctors' drug ties
philly.com 2008 Dec 5
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/35589449.html

HSL14751
Day M.
Sex-for-prescription scandal engulfs Italy's healthcare sector
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 5
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14898

HSL14752
Mack J.
Despite FDA Warning Letter, YAZ Web Site Still Connects YAZ with Treatment of Acne!
Pharma Marketing Blog 2008 Dec 5
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2008/12/despite-fda-warning-letter-yaz-web-site.html

HSL14753
Baar A.
Bristol-Myers Engages Chinese With Hepatitis B
Marketing Daily 2008 Dec 5
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=96117&Nid=50118&p=448587

HSL14755
Health Action International Europe
Concern: Legal proposal on information to general public on medicinal products
2008 Dec 5

HSL14762
Jones H.
UPDATE 2-EU exec drops drug repackaging ban plan-document
Forbes.com 2008 Dec 5
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/12/05/afx5786503.html

HSL14720
ImpactRx: Real-time market intelligence with SAS®
SAS Institute Inc. (Accessed) 2008 Dec 4
http://www.sas.com/success/impactrx.html

HSL14745
Taylor L.
Faster drug approvals jeopardise patient safety, researcher claims
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 4
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14883&src=EWorldNews

HSL14747
Chan A, Hróbjartsson A, Jørgensen KJ, Gøtzsche PC, Altman DG.
Discrepancies in sample size calculations and data analyses reported in randomised trials: comparison of publications with protocols
BMJ. 2008 Dec 4; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/337/dec04_1/a2299

HSL14749
FDA Sends AstraZeneca Letter About Seroquel
Pharmalive 2008 Dec 4
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=590317

HSL14824
Wayland M.
Delivering The Ultimate Coaching Outcome
eyeforpharma.com 2008 Dec 4
http://social.eyeforpharma.com/story/delivering-ultimate-coaching-outcome

HSL14729
Grogan K.
Brand-name not superior to generics, PhRMA disputes cost claim
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 3
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14879&src=EWorldNews

HSL14735
The Prescription Project Petitions FDA to Order Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies to Remove Illegal Internet Ads
PharmaLive 2008 Dec 3
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=589751&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL14736
Harris G.
British Balance Benefit vs. Cost of Latest Drugs
The New York Times 2008 Dec 3
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/health/03nice.html?_r=1

HSL14739
Eli Lilly – The Marketing Overdose Award for rampant promotion
Consumers International 2008 Dec 3
http://web.archive.org/web/20090624085625/http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=98551&int1stParentNodeID=89648&int2ndParentNodeID=98546

HSL14743
Japsen B.
Abbott to add safety information in YouTube ads after group complains
The Chicago Tribune 2008 Dec 3
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-081203abbott-youtube,0,1919085.story

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