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HSL14615
Lengell S.
Drugmaker ads to target Obama idea
The Washington Times 2008 Nov 14
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/14/drugmaker-ads-to-target-obama-idea/
HSL14632
Armstrong D.
Unions Say CVS Pushed Costly Drug to Doctors
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Nov 14
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122663485690627711.html
HSL14635
Staton T.
Union: CVS flogged costly med for Merck
Fierce Pharma 2008 Nov 14
http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/union-cvs-flogged-costly-med-merck/2008-11-14
HSL14726
'Old treatments' better for IBS
BBC News 2008 Nov 14
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7727459.stm
HSL14609
Silverman E.
Which Country Spends The Most On Meds?
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 13
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/which-country-spends-the-most-on-meds/
HSL14610
Jack A.
Sex drug campaign ‘violated rules’
The Financial Times.com 2008 Nov 13
http://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F4b5af76c-b110-11dd-8915-0000779fd18c.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&referer=
HSL14631
Duttge W.
Prescription for a Magazine Migraine
Yahoo Finance 2008 Nov 13
http://biz.yahoo.com/portfolio/081113/tag_www_portfolio_com_2008_2_15585.html?.v=1
HSL14608
Thomaselli R.
DTC Spending Falls for Second Consecutive Year
The Advertising Age 2008 Nov 12
http://adage.com/article?article_id=132499
HSL14622
Goldstein J.
Google Explains Why Drug Companies Fear the Web
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2008 Nov 12
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/11/12/google-explains-why-drug-companies-fear-the-web/
HSL14628
Islam F.
Pipe dreamer.
BMJ 2008 Nov 12; 337:a2236:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/nov12_1/a2236?papetoc
HSL14633
The U.S. Remains Preferred Market for Launching New Products
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 12
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=585883&categoryid=9&newsletter=1
HSL14838
Ringart T.
[Merck & Co: Lakartidningen is wrong about us]
Lakartidningen. 2008 Nov 12-18; 105:(46):3358; author reply 3358-9
http://ltarkiv.lakartidningen.se/2008/temp/pda35825.pdf
HSL14597
Grogan K.
AstraZeneca's Brennan cautious but confident over Crestor
PharmaTimes 2008 Nov 11
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14719&src=EWorldNews
HSL14612
Appeal court says Astrazeneca must comply with inquiry
3news.co.nz 2008 Nov 11
http://www.3news.co.nz/News/National/Appeal-court-says-Astrazeneca-must-comply-with-inquiry/tabid/423/articleID/79450/Default.aspx?ArticleID=79450
HSL14620
Wilkes M, Johns M.
Informed Consent and Shared Decision-Making: A Requirement to Disclose to Patients Off-Label Prescriptions
PLoS Med 2008 Nov 11; 5:(11):223
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050223
HSL14624
Silverman E.
Merck’s Gardasil Should Not Be Mandatory: Report
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 11
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/mercks-gardasil-should-not-be-mandatory/#more-17513
HSL14629
Rockoff JD.
Making Gardasil Vaccination Mandatory Would Be Unwise, Academics Say
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2008 Nov 11
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/11/11/making-gardasil-vaccination-mandatory-would-be-unwise-academics-say/?mod=yahoo_hs
HSL17262
Braillon A, Dubois G, Zielinski O
Screening for prostate cancer: a public campaign, evidence-based-medicine and conflicting interests
The European Journal of Public Health 2008 Nov 11; 19:(2):22
http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/extract/19/2/222
HSL14595
MacK J.
Fewer Sales Reps Lead to Higher Costs
Pharma Marketing Blog 2008 Nov 10
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2008/11/less-sales-reps-lead-to-higher-costs.html
HSL14596
Thomaselli R.
New Heart Study Findings Could Be Sales Boon for Crestor
The Advertising Age 2008 Nov 10
http://adage.com/article?article_id=132377
HSL14611
Jarvis LM.
The New Deal: Seeking closer ties, drug companies and universities shake up the model for research alliances
C&EN 2008 Nov 10; 86:(45):13-20
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/86/8645cover.html
HSL14616
Dawdy P.
Antipsychotics Aren't Anti-Depressants
Furious Seasons 2008 Nov 10
http://www.furiousseasons.com/archives/2008/11/antipsychotics_arent_antidepressants.html
HSL14625
ASI Announces Results of Advertising Specialties Impression Study
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 10
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=584828&categoryid=9&newsletter=1
HSL14626
New Research Bucks Common Perceptions Surrounding Rx-to-OTC Switches
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 10
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=584557&categoryid=9&newsletter=1
HSL14627
More Than $1 Billion Recovered by Justice Department in Fraud and False Claims in Fiscal Year 2008
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 10
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=585236&categoryid=9&newsletter=1
HSL14614
Pharmaceutical Marketing Society Adopts New Charity Supporting Britain's Carers
Medical News Today 2008 Nov 9
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128624.php
HSL14617
CRP -- The Next Chapter in Medical Waste?
GoozNews.com 2008 Nov 9
http://web.archive.org/web/20100619144502/http://www.gooznews.com/archives/001243.html
HSL15508
Huber N.
Health Social Networks: Support Groups
newmediaage.com 2008 Nov 9;
http://www.nma.co.uk/features/health-social-networks/40321.article
HSL14584
Audiência Pública isola Presidente do INPI e mostra maior coerência entre ministérios/Public Hearing Isolates Brazil Patent Office President
MSF Brazil 2008 Nov 7
http://www.abiaids.org.br/noticias/destaqueView.aspx?lang=pt&seq=12544
HSL14601
Hall J, Noyce P, Cantrill J.
Why do district nurse prescribers alter their prescribing patterns?
Br J Community Nurs. 2008 Nov 7; 13:(11):507-513
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18981966
HSL14619
Winslow R.
Amgen Eyes Internet and Modest Sales Force to Launch Denosumab
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2008 Nov 7
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/11/07/amgen-eyes-internet-and-modest-sales-force-to-launch-denosumab/
HSL17449
Harvard Psychiatrists Hide Millions of Dollars Received from Drug Companies
Natural News 2008 Nov 7
http://www.naturalnews.com/024737.html
HSL14583
Singh S, Ernst E.
Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine 2008 Nov 6; 359:(19):2076-2077
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/19/2076?query=TOC
HSL14586
Silverman E.
Tiggergate: Using Disney Icons To Sell Seroquel
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 6
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/tiggergate-using-disney-icons-to-sell-seroquel/
HSL14587
Teinowitz I.
DTC Implications Likely as Waxman Targets Dingell
The Advertising Age 2008 Nov 6
http://adage.com/article?article_id=132311
HSL14589
Staton T.
Glaxo regroups sales reps by specialty
Fierce Pharma 2008 Nov 6
http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/glaxo-reps-regroup-specialty/2008-11-06?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&cmp-id=EMC-N
HSL14593
Medicare | MedPAC Adopts Recommendations To Improve Transparency of Financial Ties Between Industry, Physicians
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report 2008 Nov 6
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/Daily_Reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=55434
HSL14567
Ross JS, Nazem AG, Lurie P, Lackner JE, Krumholz HM.
Updated Estimates of Pharmaceutical Company Payments to Physicians in Vermont
JAMA 2008 Nov 5; 300:(17):1998-2000
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/300/17/1998-a?etoc
HSL14568
Mitka M.
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Medical Devices Under Scrutiny
JAMA 2008 Nov 5; 300:(17):1985-1986.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/300/17/1985?etoc
HSL14577
Silverman E.
Do All Drugmakers Cap Payments To Docs?
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 5
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/do-all-drugmakers-cap-payments-to-docs/#more-17298
HSL14578
Grogan K.
UK allows 'top-ups' and promotes more flexibility on pricing
PharmaTimes 2008 Nov 5
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14686&src=EWorldNews
HSL14580
Johnson LA.
Merck: More lawsuits, Justice probe over Vytorin
The Associated Press 2008 Nov 5
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hwq1GeRF8Fot1arbOE5cXE0j3i2AD948C1J81
HSL14581
Carlat D.
How Drug Companies Hid Millions in Physician Payments in Vermont
The Carlat Psychiatry Blog 2008 Nov 5
http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-drug-companies-hid-millions-in.html
HSL14590
MSD Pharma to hire 1,500 people in India
Business Standard 2008 Nov 5
http://business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=48951&tp=on
HSL16942
Real J
New pre-marketing initiative
Zest Healthcare Communications 2008 Nov 5
http://blog.zesthealthcare.com.au/
HSL14560
Megget K.
PhRMA stands by federal preemption in Wyeth/Levine case
PharmaTimes 2008 Nov 4
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14677
HSL14564
Grogan K.
Health research spending hits $160 billion but poor missing out
PharmaTimes 2008 Nov 4
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14673&src=EWorldNews
HSL14566
MacK J.
An Experiment: Ban All DTC Broadcast Advertising for One Year
Pharma Marketing Blog 2008 Nov 4
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2008/11/experiment-ban-all-dtc-broadcast.html
HSL14569
Tanne JH.
US senators inquire into ties between stent makers and doctors.
BMJ 2008 Nov 4; 337:a2363:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/nov04_3/a2363?papetoc
HSL14570
Silverman E.
Senate Committees Probe Johnson & Johnson
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 4
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/senate-committees-probe-johnson-johnson/
HSL14571
Silverman E.
Secret Pharma Payments To Vermont Docs Disclosed
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 4
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/secret-pharma-payments-to-vermont-docs-disclosed/
HSL14572
Silverman E.
Justice Department & 35 States Probe Vytorin
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 4
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/justice-department-35-states-probe-vytorin/
HSL14576
Kmietowicz Z.
FDA warns Bayer about illegally marketing two over the counter products containing aspirin
BMJ 2008 Nov 4; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/nov04_3/a2402
HSL14579
Sass E.
Obama Expected To Regulate DTC Advertising
Media Daily News 2008 Nov 4
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=94131
HSL14582
Nussbaum A.
Johnson & Johnson Psychiatric Gifts Probed by Senat
Bloomberg.com 2008 Nov 4
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ad5S7xv5LKrk
HSL14621
DES Action Australia
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN WINS BATTLE AGAINST ‘WONDER DRUG’ MAKERS IN UNITED STATES: Anti-miscarriage drug’s dire side effects taken to court
: DES Action Australia 2008 Nov 4
http://www.desaction.org.au/
HSL14551
Parekh R.
Interpublic, WPP Win J&J Pharmaceutical Business
The Advertising Age 2008 Nov 3
http://adage.com/agencynews/article?article_id=132222
HSL14561
Taylor L.
US White House “weakened safety rules to protect drugmakers”
PharmaTimes 2008 Nov 3
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14658&src=EWorldNews
HSL14562
Accountability on Trial
The Washington Post 2008 Nov 3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110201729.html
HSL14565
Minnesota becomes latest to sue Lilly over Zyprexa
CNN Money.com 2008 Nov 3
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/86462e76fe3d36e5ee3d6b31335d0a4d.htm
HSL14573
Silverman E.
Columbia Updates COI Policy Amid Senate Probe
Pharmalot 2008 Nov 3
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/columbia-updates-coi-policy-amid-senate-probe/
HSL14618
Over 60 Million U.S. Adults Engaging in Health 2.0
PharmaLive 2008 Nov 3
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=582111&categoryid=43
HSL14727
Restuccia R.
Let public see doctors’ ties to drug companies
The Atlanta 2008 Nov 3
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/opinion/stories/2008/11/03/restucciaed.html
HSL14897
Nesi T.
Former pharma pitchman: beware of new drugs. An industry insider advises considering the older options if you need a prescription. Interview by Sarah Baldauf.
US News World Rep 2008 Nov 3-10; 145:(10):64
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18998444
HSL14928
Dyer C.
Cardiologist is sued for comments on potential migraine device
BMJ. 2008 Nov 3; 337:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/nov03_4/a2412
HSL17462
Advisory panel to review Emory ethics policies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2008 Nov 3
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/11/03/emory_university_ethics.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13
HSL14554
Cantu J.
The FDA needs some guts, not PR
Citizen-Times.com 2008 Nov 2
http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200881024055
HSL14482
Giles J.
How Merck made a killing
Prospect Magazine 2008 Nov
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10425
HSL14598
Montoya ID.
E-detailing: information technology applied to pharmaceutical detailing.
Expert Opin Drug Saf 2008 Nov; 7:(6):635-41
http://www.informapharmascience.com/doi/abs/10.1517/14740338.7.6.635
HSL14636
Herper M.
Twitter Moms Sink Motrin Ad
Forbes.com 2008 Nov
http://blogs.forbes.com/sciencebizblog/2008/11/twitter-moms-si.html
HSL14694
Lichter PR
Continuing medical education, physicians, and Pavlov: can we change what happens when industry rings the bell?
Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov; 126:(11):1593-7
http://archopht.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/126/11/1593
HSL14768
Canudas Canadell J, Ricart Muns S, Sayós Freixer G, Zapata Romero E, Figueras A.
[Signs of drugs promotion in the clinic.An innocent presence?].
Aten Primaria 2008 Nov; 40:(11):581-2
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055902
HSL14811
[Food, health claims and drugs].
Bourlioux P.
Ann Pharm Fr. 2008 Nov-Dec; 66:(5-6):e5-7
http://www.masson.fr/masson/S0003-4509(08)00013-8
HSL14848
Moynihan R
Straight talk with...Ray Moynihan. Interview by Genevive Bjorn.
Nat Med. 2008 Nov; 14:(11):1142-3
http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v14/n11/abs/nm1108-1142.html
HSL14898
Rinaldi A.
Healing beauty? More biotechnology cosmetic products that claim drug-like properties reach the market.
EMBO Rep. 2008 Nov; 9:(11):1073-7
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/embor.2008.200
HSL16314
The Promotional Landscape in US and Europe: Benchmarking promotional ROI and optimizing detailing and journal spend
2008 11102
http://www.reportlinker.com/p098431/The-Promotional-Landscape-in-US-and-Europe-Benchmarking-promotional-ROI-and-optimizing-detailing-and-journal-spend.html
HSL14553
Ratcliffe H.
St. Louis jury says pharmaceutical companies cheated Medicaid
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 2008 Oct 31
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/59273167BA18A55D862574F30012983A?OpenDocument
HSL14540
Bauman V.
Insurers entice doctors to prescribe generic drugs
Associated Press 2008 Oct 30
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27441411/ns/health-health_care/t/insurers-entice-docs-prescribe-generic-drugs/#.Tw_7yG_9PQk
HSL14541
Public Citizen
Petition to Immediately Ban Diabetes Drug Rosiglitazone (AVANDIA) (HRG Publication #1848)
: Public Citizen 2008 Oct 30
http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7614
HSL14544
European Medicines Agency approves POM-to-P orlistat switch
The Pharmaceutical Journal 2008 Oct 30; 281:(495):
http://www.pjonline.com/news/european_medicines_agency_approves_pomtop_orlistat_switch
HSL14545
Grogan K.
Steady growth for global pharma sales but US will slow – IMS
PharmaTimes 2008 Oct 30
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14645&src=EWorldNews
HSL14546
MacK J.
Alice, 35, is Not a Real Ambien CR Patient.
Pharma Marketing Blog 2008 Oct 30
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2008/10/alice-35-is-not-real-ambien-cr-patient.html
HSL14547
Christakis NA.
Does this work for you?
BMJ 2008 Oct 30; 337:a2281:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/oct30_1/a2281
HSL14548
Kmietowicz Z.
GlaxoSmithKline to limit payments it makes to US doctors to $150,000 a year.
BMJ 2008 Oct 30; 337:a2315:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/oct30_1/a2315
HSL14558
Huckman M.
Merck Goes Back To School
CNBC 2008 Oct 30
http://www.cnbc.com/id/27456710
HSL14524
United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
FDA Career Staff Objected To Agency Preemption Policies
Washington, DC: United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 2008 Oct 29
http://web.archive.org/web/20081118233857/http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20081029102934.pdf
HSL14525
Dooren JC.
FDA Says Amgen Drug Brochure Is False, Misleading
CNNMoney.com 2008 Oct 29
http://www.raganvirtualworkshops.com/6081.php4
HSL14535
Taylor L.
Did industry critics or parallel trade row halt EU pharma package?
PharmaTimes 2008 Oct 29
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14631&src=EWorldNews
HSL14536
Grogan K.
Off-label use needs more monitoring and heavy fines for offenders
PharmaTimes 2008 Oct 29
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14634&src=EWorldNews
HSL14539
Paddock C.
FDA Warns Bayer About Two Illegal Aspirins
Medical News Today 2008 Oct 29
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/127229.php
HSL14842
Brun J
[Pfizer: We commit ourselves to developing new therapeutics where possible].
Lakartidningen. 2008 Oct 29-Nov;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19035010
HSL14511
Silverman E.
FDA Warns Bayer About Aspirin Marketing
Pharmalot 2008 Oct 28
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/fda-warns-bayer-about-aspirin-marketing/#more-17025
HSL14514
Fugh-Berman A, Melnick D.
Off-Label Promotion, On-Target Sales.
PLoS Med 2008 Oct 28; 5:(10):e210
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050210
HSL14530
Johnson CK.
Diabetes drug costs soaring, top $12B last year
The Associated Press 2008 Oct 28
http://www.chicagocommuter.com/health_fullstory.asp?News_id=684
HSL14531
Grogan K.
Expensive new diabetes drugs may not be worth the money
PharmaTimes 2008 Oct 28
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14621&src=EWorldNews
HSL14534
Timimi S, Jureidini J, Leo J.
NICE recommendations are not evidence based and could expose many to unnecessary harm.
BMJ 2008 Oct 28; 337:a2284:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/oct27_2/a2284?papetoc
HSL14537
So AD, Sampat BN, Rai AK, Cook-Deegan R, Reichman JH, Weissman R, Kapczynski A.
Is Bayh-Dole Good for Developing Countries? Lessons from the US Experience.
PLoS Biol. 2008 Oct 28; 6:(10):e262
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/j
HSL14538
According to Research by Cutting Edge Information, Only 59% of Pharma Companies Own Dedicated Compliance Departments
Fierce Biotech 2008 Oct 28
http://www.fiercebiotech.com/press-releases/according-research-cutting-edge-information-only-59-pharma-companies-own-dedicated-co
HSL14523
Mundy A.
In Drug Case, Justices to Weigh Right to Sue
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Oct 27
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122506300017470355.html
HSL14529
Silverman E.
Gardasil Grope: Merck Lusts After Adult Women
Pharmalot 2008 Oct 27
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/the-gardasil-grope-merck-lusts-after-adult-women/#more-16973
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