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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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HSL14722
Kao DP.
What can we learn from drug marketing efficiency?
BMJ 2008 Dec 2; 337:a2591:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/337/dec02_2/a2591

HSL14730
Taylor L.
MHRA issues advice to websites on drug advertising
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 2
http://www.pharmatimes.com/uknews/article.aspx?id=14868&src=EWorldNews

HSL14734
Church E.
New chapter in Apotex legal battle
The Globe and Mail 2008 Dec 2
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081202.ACADEMIC02//TPStory/Education

HSL14737
Hirschler B.
U.S.-style TV drug ads a big mistake -Roche exec
Reuters 2008 Dec 2
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINL247649320081202?rpc=44

HSL14741
Abelson R.
Cleveland Clinic Discloses Doctors’ Industry Ties
The New York Times 2008 Dec 2
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/business/03clinic.html?_r=1

HSL14744
Jack A.
Goldman in talks over funding for pharma group
The Financial Times.com 2008 Dec 2
http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto120220081651035711

HSL14771
Fugh-Berman AJ, Melnick D
Is long-term use of antismoking drugs consistent with public health goals or pharmaceutical marketing goals?
Ann Intern Med 2008 Dec 2; 149:(11):838
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/149/11/838

HSL14840
Shuchman M.
Book Review: Spilling the beans on the pharmaceutical industry
CMAJ 2008 Dec 2; 179:(12):1309
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/179/12/1309

HSL14863
Dobson R.
Eli Lilly encouraged patients to ask for a prescription only drug, says industry watchdog
BMJ 2008 Dec 2; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/dec02_4/a2824

HSL14701
Taylor L.
EU “has declared war on pharma,” expert warns
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 1
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14847

HSL14702
Ads for Takeda’s Actos and Lilly’s Cialis breach ABPI rules
Pharma Times 2008 Dec 1
http://www.pharmatimes.com/worldnews/article.aspx?id=14851

HSL14703
MacLeod A.
Pharma Reps Meet in Secret, Craft New Drug Approval Process
The Tyee 2008 Dec 1
http://thetyee.ca/cms/News/2008/12/01/DrugApproval/

HSL14714
Silverman E.
Goodwin: Pharma Ties Have ‘Never Been A Secret’
Pharmalot 2008 Dec 1
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/goodwin-my-pharma-ties-have-never-been-a-secret/

HSL14715
Carlat D.
Biederman, Goodwin, Greed, Arrogance
The Carlat Psychiatry Blog 2008 Dec 1
http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2008/12/biederman-goodwin-greed-arrogance.html

HSL14716
Vlassov V.
Russia defies WHO antismoking convention by allowing misleading advertising
BMJ 2008 Dec 1; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/dec01_2/a2837?papetoc

HSL14864
Jack A.
Legal tactics to delay launch of generic drugs cost Europe 3bn, report says
BMJ 2008 Dec 1; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/dec01_2/a2817

HSL14641
Lim CW, Kirikoshi T.
Understanding the effects of pharmaceutical promotion: a neural network approach guided by genetic algorithm-partial least squares.
Health Care Manag Sci 2008 Dec; 11:(4):359-72
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18998595

HSL14676
Walton SM, Schumock GT, Lee K, Alexander C, Meltzer D, Stafford RS.
Prioritizing Future Research on Off-Label Prescribing: Results of a Quantitative Evaluation
Pharmacotherapy 2008 Dec; 28:(12):1443-1452
http://www.atypon-link.com/PPI/doi/abs/10.1592/phco.28.12.1443

HSL14723
Edwards BJ, Gounder M, McKoy JM, Boyd I, Farrugia M, Migliorati C, Marx R, Ruggiero S, Dimopoulos M, Raisch DW, Singhal S, Carson K, Obadina E, Trifilio S, West D, Mehta J, Bennett CL.
Pharmacovigilance and reporting oversight in US FDA fast-track process: bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw.
Lancet Oncol 2008 Dec; 9:(12):1166-72
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1470-2045(08)70305-X

HSL14748
Cassels A.
Dear Health Canada
Common Ground 2008 Dec
http://www.commonground.ca/iss/209/cg209_cassels.shtml

HSL14785
Dyck C, Kvern B.
The PRESCRIBE acronym: A tool for appraising pharmaceutical industry–sponsored presentations
The Canadian Family Physician 2008 Dec; 54:(12):1701
http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/54/12/1701

HSL14810
Joyce GF, Goldman DP, Karaca-Mandic P, Lawless GD.
Impact of specialty drugs on the use of other medical services
Am J Manag Care 2008 Dec; 14:(12):821-8
http://www.ajmc.com/article.cfm?ID=10912&CFID=15325995&CFTOKEN=20444928

HSL14815
Sales Through Retail Pharmacies (Twelve months to October 2008*)
2008 Dec
http://www.imshealth.com/deployedfiles/imshealth/Global/Content/StaticFile/Top_Line_Data/Retail_Drug_Monitor_December_2008.pdf

HSL14895
Goodman M.
Market watch : Pharma industry strategic performance: 2007-2012E.
Nat Rev Drug Discov 2008 Dec; 7:(12):967
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nrd2768

HSL14905
Shankar PR, Subish P.
Authors' reply. Medical journals and pharmaceutical marketing.
Singapore Med J 2008 Dec; 49:(12):1058
http://smj.sma.org.sg/4912/4912le2.pdf

HSL14906
Vuorenkoski L, Valta M, Helve O.
Effect of legislative changes in drug promotion on medical students: questionnaire survey.
Med Educ 2008 Dec; 42:(12):1172-7
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121527265/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

HSL15052
Kyle GJ, Nissen L, Tett S.
Perception of prescription medicine sample packs among Australian professional, government, industry, and consumer organizations, based on automated textual analysis of one-on-one interviews.
Clin Ther 2008 Dec; 30:(12):2461-73
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VRS-4VF9WRX-S&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=2603b9cd7cc99d364ff17ab67fd266a3

HSL15120
Canadian RX Atlas
Vancouver: The University of British Columbia 2008 Dec
http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/rxatlas/canada

HSL16059
Abraham J.
The politics and bio-ethics of regulatory trust: case-studies of pharmaceuticals.
Med Health Care Philos. 2008 Dec; 11:(4):415-26
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w6332232pw57g558/

HSL16085
Clinical trials registries: towards improved access to therapeutic data.
Prescrire Int. 2008 Dec; 17:(98):256-9
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19425275

HSL16275
D'Este P, Tribo JA, Garcia-Romero A.
[Collaboration with universities and innovate activity in the Spanish pharmaceutical industry (2003-2005)].
Med Clin (Barc). 2008 Dec; 131:(Suppl 5):66-70.
http://www.elsevier.es/revistas/ctl_servlet?_f=7014&articuloid;=

HSL16757
Hsu JL, Banerjee D, Kuschner WG.
Understanding and identifying bias and confounding in the medical literature.
South Med J 2008 Dec; 101:(12):1240-5
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19005435

HSL17068
Golder S, Loke YK.
Is there evidence for biased reporting of published adverse effects data in pharmaceutical industry-funded studies?
Br J Clin Pharmacol 2008 Dec; 66:(6):767-73
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121358852/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

HSL14712
McInerney S.
Harney pressed to offer cervical cancer vaccine
The Sunday Times 2008 Nov 30
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5258470.ece

HSL14742
Blair D.
Pharmaceutical lobbying dangers
Times Colonist 2008 Nov 30
http://www.timescolonist.com/Pharmaceutical+lobbying+dangers/1013966/story.html

HSL14691
Expert or Shill?
The New York Times 2008 Nov 29
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/opinion/30sun2.html?_r=1

HSL14684
Dix A.
Don't pull the plug on the Therapeutics Initiative
The Vancouver Sun 2008 Nov 28
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=bce9afed-4237-490a-bc2a-44013a5a7b8e

HSL14700
Goldstein J.
From Patent Thickets to Payoffs: How Big Pharma Fights Generics
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Nov 28
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/11/28/from-patent-thickets-to-payoffs-how-big-pharma-fights-generics/

HSL14704
Newman M.
Drugmaker Delay on Generics Cost EU3 Billion, EU Says
Bloomberg.com 2008 Nov 28
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=acRoYpuVxkEA

HSL14709
Boehringer Ingelheim - Flomax: going with the flow?
PharmaGossip 2008 Nov 28
http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2008/11/boehringer-ingelheim-flomax-going-with.html

HSL14725
Vasan A, Kim JY.
Essential medicines pricing-reform needed.
Lancet 2008 Nov 28;
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(08)61763-8

HSL14732
EC Competition enquiry into pharma companies
The Lancet Student 2008 Nov 28
http://www.thelancetstudent.com/2008/11/28/ec-competition-enquiry-into-pharma-companies/

HSL14862
White C.
'Schmevidence' is hampering benefits of change in the health service
BMJ 2008 Nov 28; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/nov28_1/a2782

HSL17471
Garfield B
Money Talks
The Infinite Mind : On The Media 2008 Nov 28
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/11/28/01

HSL14683
Pollack A.
The Minimal Impact of a Big Hypertension Study
The New York Times 2008 Nov 27
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/business/28govtest.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&sq=diuretics&st=cse&scp=1

HSL14688
Absence of evidence
The Economist 2008 Nov 27
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675892

HSL14705
'Don't Illegally Promote Medicines' Advises Medicine Regulator
Medical News Today 2008 Nov 27
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130959.php

HSL14711
Happy Thanksgiving from PharmedOut
PharmaGossip 2008 Nov 27
http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-pharmedout.html

HSL14692
Cassels A.
Public has little presence in PharmaCare talks
The Times Colonist 2008 Nov 26
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=3bd095bb-1e2c-4f40-81d9-ebb644a3cf5e&p=1

HSL14699
Taylor L.
Euro Commission confirms new raids on pharma firms
Pharma Times 2008 Nov 26
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14823&src=EWorldNews

HSL14713
Han J.
Is Pfizer Cozying Up to Regulators?
The Korea Times 2008 Nov 26
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/123_35125.html

HSL14721
Bubela T, Boon H, Caulfield T.
Herbal remedy clinical trials in the media: a comparison with the coverage of conventional pharmaceuticals.
BMC Med 2008 Nov 26; 6:(1):35
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/6/35/abstract

HSL17450
Silverman E
Harvard’s Biederman: What J&J Money?
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 26
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/harvards-biederman-what-jj-money/

HSL14673
Harris G.
Research Center Tied to Drug Company
The New York Times 2008 Nov 25
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/health/25psych.html?ref=health

HSL14680
Chan A.
Bias, Spin, and Misreporting: Time for Full Access to Trial Protocols and Results
PLoS Med 2008 Nov 25; 5:(11):
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050230&ct=1

HSL14682
Lean ME.
Trading regulations and health foods.
BMJ 2008 Nov 25; 337:a2408:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/nov25_2/a2408

HSL14685
Armstrong D, Mundy A.
J&J Emails Raise Issues of Risperdal Promotion
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Nov 25
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122755237429253763.html

HSL14689
Perrone M.
Bayer to pay $97.5M to settle kickback probe
The Huffington Post 2008 Nov 25
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081125/bayer-doj-settlement/

HSL14696
Goldberg C.
Papers reveal push on drug firm funds
The Boston Globe 2008 Nov 25
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/25/papers_reveal_push_on_drug_firm_funds/

HSL14697
Tait N, Jack A.
Drugs groups braced for EU competition probes
The Financial Times.com 2008 Nov 25
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39a448ac-ba93-11dd-aecd-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1

HSL14706
Bayer Healthcare to Pay U.S. $97.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Paying Kickbacks to Diabetic Suppliers
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 25
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=588302

HSL14707
FDA Sends Warning Letter to Actelion Over Tracleer Flash Card
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 25
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=588442

HSL14708
The Internet Has Become Essential To Canadian Physicians
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 25
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=588225

HSL14804
Perrone M.
FDA to study phone number to report side effects
The Associated Press 2008 Nov 25
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3-F1p4HIlUjQ1OHdqpvoISZNphAD94M48801

HSL14861
Veerman JL, Vos T.
Confusion from analyses and conflicts of interest.
BMJ 2008 Nov 25; 337:a2683:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/nov25_1/a2683

HSL14675
Grogan K.
Pharma must invest in Indonesia or push off, says health chief
PharmaTimes 2008 Nov 24
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14814

HSL14679
Getting tough on drug firms
The Straits Times 2008 Nov 24
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/SE+Asia/Story/STIStory_306337.html

HSL14733
Skerritt J.
Crackdown demanded on drug reps' 'freebies'
Winnipeg Free Press 2008 Nov 24
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/34977534.html

HSL14678
Hall J.
Does drug consulting create conflict?
The Free-Lance Star 2008 Nov 23
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/112008/11232008/421630

HSL14710
Gutierrez D.
'World Wide Web Health Awards' Exposed as Having Ties to Pharmaceutical Industry
Natural News.com 2008 Nov 23
http://www.naturalnews.com/024890.html

HSL14651
Sales Through Retail Pharmacies (Twelve months to September 2008)
IMS Health 2008 Nov 22
http://www.imshealth.com/deployedfiles/imshealth/Global/Content/StaticFile/Top_Line_Data/Retail_Drug_Monitor_11_08.pdf

HSL14672
Caryn Rabin R
Conflicts of Interest May Ensnare Journalists, Too
The New York Times 2008 Nov 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/health/22journalists.html?_r=2&ref=health

HSL14650
Carlat D.
AMA's U-Turn on Industry Funding
The Carlat Psychiatry Blog 2008 Nov 21
http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2008/11/amas-u-turn-on-industry-funding.html

HSL14655
Silverman E.
Talk Is Not Cheap: NPR Host Has Ties To Pharma
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 21
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/talk-is-not-cheap-npr-host-has-ties-to-pharma/#more-17879

HSL14660
Wu JQ.
Students Push Comprehensive Hospital COI Policies
The Harvard Crimson 2008 Nov 21
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525499

HSL14663
Harris G.
Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties
The New York Times 2008 Nov 21
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/health/22radio.html

HSL17469
Rubenstein S
Grassley Knocks Radio Host Goodwin for Drug-Industry Conflicts
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2008 Nov 21
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/11/21/grassley-knock-npr-host-goodwin-for-drug-industry-conflicts/

HSL17470
Silverman E
Worst Practice? Senate Probes NPR Host’s Firm
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 21
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/worst-practice-senate-probe-npr-hosts-firm/

HSL14648
Raven M .
Are drug companies hijacking consumer advocacy?
Crikey 2008 Nov 20
http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20081120-Are-drug-companies-hijacking-consumer-advocacy.html

HSL14653
Pfizer withdraws Viagra OTC application
PM Live 2008 Nov 20
http://www.pmlive.com/pharm_market/news.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=7185

HSL14657
Carlat D.
FDA's Indictment of Psychiatric CME
The Carlat Psychiatry Blog 2008 Nov 20
http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2008/11/fdas-indictment-of-psychiatric-cme.html

HSL14662
Over-the-counter Viagra bid ends
BBC News 2008 Nov 20
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7739420.stm

HSL14844
Reseland S.
[Pharmaceutical consultants don't give neutral information].
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2008 Nov 20; 128:(22):2620
http://www.tidsskriftet.no/index.php?vp_SEKS_ID=1770704

HSL14646
Concern over MA speaker
Pharmacy Daily (Australia) - registration required 2008 Nov 19
http://www.pharmacydaily.com.au

HSL14652
Saul S.
Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law
The New York Times 2008 Nov 19
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/business/19drug.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

HSL14654
PPRS deal agreed
PM Live 2008 Nov 19
http://www.pmlive.com/pharm_market/news.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=7184

HSL14656
Mundy A.
Doctors Claim Glaxo Dismissed Worries on Avandia
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Nov 19
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122705732777039555.html

HSL14658
Brody H.
More on Pharma Intimidation of Doctors
Hooked: Ethics, Medicine and Pharma 2008 Nov 19
http://brodyhooked.blogspot.com/2008/11/more-on-pharma-intimidation-of-doctors.html

HSL14664
Schwartz LM, Woloshin S, Moynihan R
Who's watching the watchdogs?
BMJ 2008 Nov 19; 337:a2535:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/nov19_1/a2535

HSL14659
Harris G.
Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized
The New York Times 2008 Nov 18
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/health/policy/19fda.html

HSL14661
Love N.
NH prescription privacy law upheld
The Washington Post 2008 Nov 18
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111801901.html?nav=rss_health

HSL14845
Rabin A.
ADVANTAGE: Merck does say 'no'.
Ann Intern Med. 2008 Nov 18; 149:(10):774
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/149/10/774

HSL14846
Edelman JM.
ADVANTAGE: Merck does say 'no'.
Ann Intern Med. 2008 Nov 18; 149:(10):774-5
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/149/10/774-a

HSL14847
Edelman JM.
ADVANTAGE: science first, marketing second.
Ann Intern Med. 2008 Nov 18; 149:(10):773
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/149/10/773

HSL15085
Clauson KA, Polen HH, Kamel BOULOS, Dzenowagis JH.
Scope, Completeness, and Accuracy of Drug Information in Wikipedia
Ann Pharmacother 2008 Nov 18; 42:(12):1814-1821.
www.theannals.com/cgi/content/full/42/12/1814

HSL14634
Fife-Yeomans J.
ADHD experts in drug firm freebie scandal
The Daily Telegraph 2008 Nov 17
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24659725-5001021,00.html

HSL14637
Silverman E.
Astroturfing & Consumer Advocacy Down Under
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 17
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/astroturfing-consumer-advocacy-down-under/

HSL14647
Goozner M.
Healthcare reform: dead on arrival?
Guardian.co.uk 2008 Nov 17
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/nov/17/healthcare-drug-companies-obama-baucus

HSL14665
Merck Plans Big In The Indian Vaccine Market
TradingMarkets.com 2008 Nov 17
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2027748/

HSL14674
Manhattan Research Releases Report on the Future of Physician Customer Service Portals
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 17
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=586355

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