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This page lists the most recent additions to our website including Announcements, recent issues of our International News and AdWatch and:
> Publications by Healthy Skepticism Members
> Publications mentioning Healthy Skepticism
> Publications from around the world relevant to drug promotion

Announcements

February 2010: Selling sickness Conference announcement: Amsterdam October 7-8, 2010

February 2010: Prescription for Conflict: Should Industry Fund Continuing Medical Education?

November 2009: Film: GenerationRx, Sydney

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Healthy Skepticism International News

March 2010: Whose bread I eat, his song I sing

February 2010: Trials of newer antidepressants for depressed children and/or adolescents

January 2010: Paxil Study 329: Paroxetine vs Imipramine vs Placebo in Adolescents

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Healthy Skepticism Soapbox

February 2010: Mother Guilty of Murder—Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Innocent

July 2009: Open letter to Robert M. Golub, Letters Section Editor, JAMA

May 2009: Healthy Skepticism’s Concern about Keynote Speaker at Australian Medicines Policy Conference

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AdWatch

October 2009, USA: Amylin and Eli Lilly’s Byetta® (exenatide injection) for type 2 diabetes

September 2009, Italy: Lescol (fluvastatin) from Novartis

August 2007, Australia: Criticism of Adwatch on Avandia (rosiglitazone)

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Publications by Healthy Skepticism Members

Recent publications where at least one of the authors is a Healthy Skepticism member.

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Othman N, Vitry AI, Roughead EE
Medicines information in medical journal advertising in Australia, Malaysia and the United States: A comparative cross-sectional study
Southern Med Review 2010; 3:(1):
http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sop/smr/_docs/SMR_Vol3_ Issue1.pdf

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Vitry AI.
Does direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising do more harm than good?
Ann Intern Med 2009 Dec 1; 151:(11):823-4
http://www.annals.org/content/151/11/823.4.long

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Gérvas J, Wright J
Please may we have an RCT now?
BMJ 2009 Nov 10; 339:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/339/nov10_1/b4651?papetoc

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Vitry A
Why the ban on prescription medicine ads is a joke
Crikey 2009 Oct 7
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ban-on-prescription-medicine-advertising-is-a-joke/

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Lexchin J, O'Donovan O
Prohibiting or ‘managing’ conflict of interest? A review of policies and procedures in three European drug regulation agencies
Social Science & Medicine 2009 Sep 24;
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-4X9G8VC-2&_user=8303832&_coverDate=09/24/2009&_alid=1114653813&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=5925&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1&_acct=C000000593&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=8303832&md5=55e3d0f54e165f8c4f2281a43b85dc33

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Publications mentioning Healthy Skepticism

Recent publications mentioning Healthy Skepticism written by non-members.

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Rout M
Doctors' danger swallowing drug companies' line
The Australian 2010 Mar 6
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/doctors-danger-swallowing-drug-companies-line/story-e6frg8y6-1225837527835

HSL17360
McLeod S
Vioxx ruling raises questions over drug marketing
ABC Radio: The World Today 2010 Mar 5
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s2837562.htm

HSL17089
A Brief History of Bipolar Kids
Neuroskeptic 2010 Jan 14
http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2010/01/brief-history-of-bipolar-kids.html

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Pringle E
Profit Drive Swine Flu Propaganda - Pump Up the Volume - Part 2
Natural News 2009 Oct 22
http://www.naturalnews.com/027301_swine_flu_influenza_pandemic.html

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Hunt S
Drug companies accused of indirect marketing to consumers
The Wire 2009 Oct 13
http://www.thewire.org.au/daydetail.aspx?SearchDay=2009-10-13

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Publications relevant to drug promotion: published in the last 30 days

See other items below (eg. news articles).

- Scholarly journal articles

12 academic journal articles that were published within the past 30 days have been added to the Healthy Skepticism library. To see more go to 2010 or the library home page or the library search page.

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Mahoney DF, Ladd E
More than a Prescriber: Gerontological Nurse Practitioners' Perspectives on Prescribing and Pharmaceutical Marketing
Geriatric Nursing 2010 Nov 12;
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WG2-4XNVT6R-2&_user=10&_coverDate=11/12/2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1186254657&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=41a35fa4a08a3eec6404ea731bbfd78c

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O’Hanlon S
My year without drug reps
BMJ 2010 Mar 3; 340:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/mar03_2/c1102

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Eichler HG, Bloechl-Daum B, Abadie E, Barnett D, König F, Pearson S.
Relative efficacy of drugs: an emerging issue between regulatory agencies and third-party payers.
Nat Rev Drug Discov 2010 Feb 26;
http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nrd3079.html

HSL17281
Lo B
Serving Two Masters — Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medicine
NEJM 2010 Feb 25; 362: (8): 669-671
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/362/8/669

HSL17296
Kmietowicz Z
Gaviscon maker is accused of rigging the market
BMJ 2010 Feb 24;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb24_2/c1121

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Hopkins Tanne J
Few US medical schools and medical centres are disclosing industry ties
BMJ 2010 Feb 23;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb23_2/c1075

HSL17292
Rosenberg M
Pfizer's ghostwritten journal articles are still standing, still bogus
Online Journal 2010 Feb 23;
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5609.shtml

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Zarocostas J
Head of WHO’s vaccines advisory group defends its policy on competing interests
BMJ 2010 Feb 17;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb17_2/c987

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Aldis WL
Industry influence: Big Pharma’s long tentacles
BMJ 2010 Feb 16;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb16_1/c941

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Dyer C
Doctor could face financial ruin even if he wins libel case
BMJ 2010 Feb 16;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb16_2/c967

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Moher D, Schulz KF, Simera I, Altman DG
Guidance for Developers of Health Research Reporting Guidelines
PLoS Med 2010 Feb 16;
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000217

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Carlzon D, Gustafsson L, Eriksson AL, Rigner K, Sundstrom A, Wallerstedt SM.
Characteristics of primary health care units with focus on drug information from the pharmaceutical industry and adherence to prescribing objectives: a cross-sectional study.
BMC Clin Pharmacol 2010 Feb 15; 10: (1): 4
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6904/10/4

- Other items

96 other items that were published within the past 30 days have been added to the Healthy Skepticism library. To see more go to 2010 or the library home page or the library search page.

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Iskowitz M
GSK reveals speaker, consulting fees
Medical Marketing & Media 2010 Dec 15
http://www.mmm-online.com/gsk-reveals-speaker-consulting-fees/article/159645/

HSL17131
Mahoney DF, Ladd E
More than a Prescriber: Gerontological Nurse Practitioners' Perspectives on Prescribing and Pharmaceutical Marketing
Geriatric Nursing 2010 Nov 12
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WG2-4XNVT6R-2&_user=10&_coverDate=11/12/2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1186254657&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=41a35fa4a08a3eec6404ea731bbfd78c

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Direct-to-consumer communication by pharmaceutical companies? Europeans deserve better
Joint press release from 29 organisations 2010 Mar 15
http://www.eatg.org/eatg/Press-Publications/Press-Releases/Supporting-the-right-choice-in-health-information

HSL17389
AARP Reworking Counter-DTC Campaign To Respond To Television Networks' Concerns
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report 2010 Mar 14
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=11153

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Boseley S
Time for drug giants to jump into the patent pool?
The Guardian 2010 Mar 10
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/sarah-boseley-global-health

HSL17365
Rout M
Doctors' danger swallowing drug companies' line
The Australian 2010 Mar 6
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/doctors-danger-swallowing-drug-companies-line/story-e6frg8y6-1225837527835

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Farnsworth S
Arthritis drug Vioxx doubled heart attack risk
ABC News 2010 Mar 5
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/05/2837400.htm

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Rout M
Arthritis drug Vioxx 'not fit for sale' because of heart attack risk, says judge
AdelaideNow 2010 Mar 5
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/arthritis-drug-vioxx-not-fit-for-sale-because-of-heart-attack-risk-says-judge/story-e6frea7c-1225837278930

HSL17348
Rout M
Merck to appeal after heart attack victim Graeme Peterson awarded $278,000
The Australian 2010 Mar 5
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/merck-to-appeal-after-heart-attack-victim-graeme-peterson-awarded-278000/story-e6frg97x-1225837276680

HSL17360
McLeod S
Vioxx ruling raises questions over drug marketing
ABC Radio: The World Today 2010 Mar 5
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s2837562.htm

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Woodhead M
Vioxx case on misleading GP promotion
6Minutes.com 2010 Mar 5
http://www.6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=512822

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Pringle E
Over Six Hundred and Counting - Paxil Birth Defect Cases
OpEdNews 2010 Mar 5
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Over-Six-Hundred-and-Count-by-Evelyn-Pringle-100305-479.html

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Pringle E
Ghostbusting in Paxil Birth Defect Litigation
Scoop Independent News 2010 Mar 4
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00045.htm

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Larsson J
Confidential report reveals: Big Pharma trying to stop long-term safety studies of ADHD drugs (Ritalin, Concerta)
Pharma Gossip 2010 Mar 4
http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2010/03/confidential-report-reveals-big-pharma.html

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Arnold M
DTC spending stabilized in 2009 amid strong growth for cable, Internet adspend
Medical Marketing & Media 2010 Mar 3
http://www.mmm-online.com/dtc-spending-stabilized-in-2009-amid-strong-growth-for-cable-internet-adspend/article/165030/

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Taylor L
FDA urged to probe digital marketing by drugmakers
Pharma Times 2010 Mar 3
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17485

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O’Hanlon S
My year without drug reps
BMJ 2010 Mar 3 340:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/mar03_2/c1102

HSL17340
Pringle E
Cold Case Files - Paxil Birth Defects
Scoop Independent News 2010 Mar 2
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00018.htm

HSL17347
Staton T
Should drugmakers try talking pill bottles?
Fierce Pharma 2010 Mar 2
http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/should-drugmakers-try-talking-pill-bottles/2010-03-02

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Sweet M
Evidence-based medicine or marketing-based medicine?
Croakey 2010 Mar 1
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/03/01/evidence-based-medicine-or-marketing-based-medicine/#more-1814

HSL17331
Jewett C
Conventions tie state officials to drug makers, raise conflict concerns
California Watch 2010 Mar 1
http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/conventions-tie-state-officials-drug-makers-raise-conflict-concerns

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Edwards J
Big Pharma's Secret Tax Problem: As Drug Patents Expire, the IRS Wants Its Pound of Flesh
BNet 2010 Mar 1
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006936/big-pharmas-secret-tax-problem-as-drugs-patents-expire-the-irs-wants-its-pound-of-flesh/

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AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca Outlines Principles for Product-Related Online Communications
PR Newswire 2010 Mar 1
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/astrazeneca-outlines-principles-for-product-related-online-communications-85830012.html

HSL17337
Attorney General Urges Disclosure And Limitations On Drug Company Gifts To Doctors
Office of the Attorney General 2010 Mar 1
http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?Q=456322&A=3869

HSL17325
Davis HL
Drugmakers put doctors on marketing payrolls: Companies come clean as fees draw scrutiny
The Associated Press 2010 Feb 28
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-108/1267363675116670.xml&storylist=simetro

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Carlat D
WebMD's Big Lie
The Carlat Psychiatry Blog 2010 Feb 28
http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2010/02/webmds-big-lie.html

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Wilde Mathews A
Beep! It's Your Medicine Nagging You
The Wall Street Journal 2010 Feb 28
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703431604575095771390040944.html

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Ferguson A, Johnston E
Making sure pills go down, and money flows
The Sydney Morning Herald 2010 Feb 27
http://www.smh.com.au/business/making-sure-pills-go-down-and-money-flows-20100226-p96y.html

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FDA’s failures are killing us
The Virginian-Pilot 2010 Feb 27
http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2010/02/fda’s-failures-are-killing-us

HSL17327
Shankar R
Supreme Court admits Bayer’s SLP in patent linkage case
PharmaBiz.com 2010 Feb 27
http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=54297§ionid;=

HSL17304
Taylor L
New drug prices in Australia 'lowest in developed world'
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 26
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17464

HSL17305
Philippines to Lower Prices on More Medicines
Pharma Live 2010 Feb 26
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=687591

HSL17307
Kelland K
Pharma desire for 'female Viagra' excites passion
Reuters 2010 Feb 26
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLNE61P01520100226

HSL17308
Hirschler B
Call for UK to ditch Astra's Nexium, other drugs
Reuters 2010 Feb 26
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE61O0EW20100226

HSL17309
Edwards J
Heart Association Finds Drug Risks 'Inconclusive' After Taking $3.6M From Its Maker Glaxo
BNet 2010 Feb 26
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006920/american-heart-association-finds-avandia-cardiac-risk-inconclusive-after-taking-36m-from-its-maker-glaxosmithkline/

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Edwards J
WebMD Caves on Rigged Depression Test: Not Everyone Is Suicidal, Apparently
BNet 2010 Feb 26
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006916/webmd-caves-on-rigged-depression-test-not-everyone-is-suicidal-apparently/

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Goldacre B
Homeopathy doesn't work. But are the claims for other medicines any better?
The Guardian 2010 Feb 26
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/26/bad-science-homeopathy-trials-drugs

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Eichler HG, Bloechl-Daum B, Abadie E, Barnett D, König F, Pearson S.
Relative efficacy of drugs: an emerging issue between regulatory agencies and third-party payers.
Nat Rev Drug Discov 2010 Feb 26
http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nrd3079.html

HSL17328
Noguchi S
County files lawsuit against drug giant over diabetes medication
Mercury News 2010 Feb 26
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14479557?nclick_check=1

HSL17332
Loftus P
DOJ conducts criminal probe of Pfizer unit's drug marketing
Market Watch 2010 Feb 26
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/doj-conducts-criminal-probe-of-pfizer-units-drug-marketing-2010-02-26

HSL17281
Lo B
Serving Two Masters — Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medicine
NEJM 2010 Feb 25 362: (8): 669-671
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/362/8/669

HSL17297
Rockoff JD
Trusting Other Patients' Drug Advice
The Wall Street Journal 2010 Feb 25
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703510204575085690538393342.html

HSL17299
Rockoff JD
Why That Guy on TV Touting Lipitor Could Be Your Neighbor
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2010 Feb 25
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/02/25/why-that-guy-on-tv-touting-lipitor-could-be-your-neighbor/

HSL17303
Comer B
Prescriber data law in Maine headed for federal court
Medical Marketing & Media 2010 Feb 25
http://www.mmm-online.com/prescriber-data-law-in-maine-headed-for-federal-court/article/164522/

HSL17306
Taylor L
Thai govt policies are killing local pharma, says industry
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 25
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17457

HSL17313
Shankar R
DCGI rejects GSK's reply on cervical cancer ad, slaps another notice
PharmaBiz.com 2010 Feb 25
http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=54254

HSL17280
Morrison T
The FDA Fires a Warning Shot at Disease-Mongering Drug Companies -- Maybe
BNet 2010 Feb 24
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006868/was-fda-rejection-of-xenoports-restless-legs-drug-a-warning-re-fake-diseases/

HSL17283
GlaxoSmithKline responds to US Senate Committee on Finance report on Avandia
GlaxoSmithKline 2010 Feb 24
http://www.gsk.com/media/pressreleases/2010/2010_pressrelease_10021.htm

HSL17285
Arnold M
Aricept TV spots hype benefits, says DDMAC
Medical Marketing & Media 2010 Feb 24
http://www.mmm-online.com/aricept-tv-spots-hype-benefits-says-ddmac/article/164432/

HSL17286
CDER Considers Changing DDMAC To Office of Prescription Drug Promotion
Thompson Publishing Group 2010 Feb 24
http://www.thompson.com/public/newsbrief.jsp?cat=FOODDRUG&id=2649

HSL17296
Kmietowicz Z
Gaviscon maker is accused of rigging the market
BMJ 2010 Feb 24
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb24_2/c1121

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Husten L
Avandia: a plaque on both your houses!
Cardiobrief 2010 Feb 24
http://cardiobrief.org/2010/02/24/avandia-a-plaque-on-both-your-houses/

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Krumholz H
Drug Companies Disappoint Me Again
Forbes 2010 Feb 24
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/24/diabetes-glaxosmithkline-avandia-business-healthcare-heart-attack.html

HSL17271
Dunlevy S
Dosed up on donations and addicted to drug company money
The Daily Telegraph 2010 Feb 23
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/dosed-up-on-donations-and-addicted-to-drug-company-money/story-e6freuy9-1225833194108

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Gale J
Drugmaker-Funded Food Accepted by Half of U.S. Doctor Programs
Business Week 2010 Feb 23
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-23/drugmaker-funded-food-accepted-by-half-of-u-s-doctor-programs.html

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Hopkins Tanne J
Few US medical schools and medical centres are disclosing industry ties
BMJ 2010 Feb 23
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb23_2/c1075

HSL17279
Randewich N
Mexico fines Eli Lilly, others for collusion
Reuters 2010 Feb 23
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2310744920100223

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Edwards J
Why Big Pharma's $15B International Tax Dodge Is Coming To an End
BNet 2010 Feb 23
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006850/astrazenecas-puerto-rican-vacation-shows-why-big-pharmas-15b-international-tax-dodge-is-ending/

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Feeley J, Cronin Fisk M
AstraZeneca Tied Studies to Marketing, Witness Says (Update2)
Bloomberg.com 2010 Feb 23
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aOFC9Z7ZZXPs

HSL17292
Rosenberg M
Pfizer's ghostwritten journal articles are still standing, still bogus
Online Journal 2010 Feb 23
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5609.shtml

HSL17295
Melville NA
Avandia analysis: Authors with financial conflicts draw more positive conclusions
Medscape Medical News 2010 Feb 23
http://www.theheart.org/article/1049423.do

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Grogan K
GSK defends diabetes drug as Avandia is attacked again in US
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 22
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17434

HSL17267
Herper M
The World's Most Expensive Drugs
Forbes 2010 Feb 22
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/19/expensive-drugs-cost-business-healthcare-rare-diseases.html

HSL17268
Robinson M
Homeopathy a waste of NHS money
Prescribing Advice for GPs 2010 Feb 22
http://www.prescriber.org.uk/2010/02/homeopathy-a-waste-of-nhs-money/

HSL17269
Mack J
Steve Nissen to GSK (and FDA): 'Put Patients First! It's Time to Pull Avandia from the Market.'
Pharma Marketing Blog 2010 Feb 22
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2010/02/steve-nissen-to-gsk-and-fda-put.html

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Harris G
A Face-Off on the Safety of a Drug for Diabetes
The New York Times 2010 Feb 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/23niss.html

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Novella S
The Economics of Snakeoil
Skeptic Blog 2010 Feb 22
http://skepticblog.org/2010/02/22/the-economics-of-snakeoil/

HSL17276
Wilson D
Doctor Training Aided by Drug Industry Cash
The New York Times 2010 Feb 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/business/23docs.html

HSL17277
Landingin R
Drugmakers set to win softer terms from Manila
The Finanical Times 2010 Feb 22
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/413ac1b2-1f65-11df-9584-00144feab49a.html

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Pringle E
Glaxo Birth Defect Litigation Reveals Paxil Promoters on Speed Dial
OpEdNews 2010 Feb 22
http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/Glaxo-Birth-Defect-Litigat-by-Evelyn-Pringle-100222-85.html

HSL17291
Singh S
Simon Singh: it is too late for me, but libel laws must change for the public good
The Daily Telegraph 2010 Feb 22
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/7294539/Simon-Singh-it-is-too-late-for-me-but-libel-laws-must-change-for-the-public-good.html

HSL17293
Edwards J
WebMD's Depression Test Has Only One (Sponsored) Answer: You're 'At Risk'
BNet 2010 Feb 22
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006801/webmds-depression-test-has-only-one-sponsored-answer-youre-at-risk/?tag=content

HSL17330
Drug Company Eon Labs Pays $3.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Reimbursement Claims for Less Than Effective Drug
Pharma Live 2010 Feb 22
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=686690

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Diller L
Mother Guilty of Murder--Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Innocent: Doctor Innocent in Massachusetts, Guilty Everywhere Else
Psychology Today 2010 Feb 20
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-last-normal-child/201002/mother-guilty-murder-pediatric-bipolar-disorder-innocent

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Brody H
What Would It Take to Prove Harm from Detailing?
Hooked: Ethics, Medicine and Pharma 2010 Feb 19
http://brodyhooked.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-would-it-take-to-prove-harm-from.html

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Feeley J, Cronin Fisk M
AstraZeneca Faces First Trial Over Seroquel Claims (Update2)
Bloomberg.com 2010 Feb 19
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=a.qMy6.XdEo4

HSL17260
Silverman E
Grassley Probes WebMd Ties To Eli Lilly
Pharmalot 2010 Feb 19
http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/02/grassley-probes-webmd-ties-to-eli-lilly/

HSL17261
Harris G
Research Ties Diabetes Drug to Heart Woes
The New York Times 2010 Feb 19
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/health/policy/20avandia.html?hp=&pagewanted=all

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Poses RM
Deja Vu All Over Again - Sheffield Researcher Under Threat for Trying to Present Data that Offends Research Sponsor
Health Care Renewal Blog 2010 Feb 19
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/02/deja-vu-all-over-again-sheffield.html

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Pringle E
Paxil Birth Defect Litigation - First Trial A Bust For Glaxo
Scoop Independent News 2010 Feb 18
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1002/S00128.htm#a

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White JA
FDA Discourages Use of Some Asthma Drugs After Years of Review
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2010 Feb 18
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/02/18/fda-discourages-use-of-some-asthma-drugs-after-years-of-review/

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Edwards J
How Allergan Targets Poor Aussie Teens and Aborigines for Experimental Weight-Loss Surgery
BNet 2010 Feb 18
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006772/how-allergan-targets-poor-teens-and-aborigines-for-experimental-weight-loss-surgery/

HSL17243
Mack J
A Snarky Look at Sneaky Marketing Tactics Pharma Hasn't Avoided
Pharma Marketing Blog 2010 Feb 18
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2010/02/snarky-look-at-sneaky-marketing-tactics.html

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Zarocostas J
Head of WHO’s vaccines advisory group defends its policy on competing interests
BMJ 2010 Feb 17
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb17_2/c987

HSL17235
Physicians Say No to DTC Advertising for Medications that Treat Mental Disorders
Media Curves 2010 Feb 17
http://www.mediacurves.com/HealthCare/J7745-DiagnosingMentalHealth/

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Neff J
Prilosec Works to Become 'Sponsor of Everything'
The Advertising Age 2010 Feb 17
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=142150

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Grogan K
Ireland’s 'ridiculous' expensive generics slammed
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 17
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17415&src=EWorldNews

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Poses RM
Quintiles to More Heavily Directly Invest in the Drugs Which it Evaluates - But Not to Worry, Says an Expert?
Health Care Renewal Blog 2010 Feb 17
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/02/quintiles-to-more-heavily-directly.html

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Hirschler B
Europeans spend billions on fake medicines-survey
Reuters 2010 Feb 16
http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE61E16A20100216?rpc=44

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Aldis WL
Industry influence: Big Pharma’s long tentacles
BMJ 2010 Feb 16
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb16_1/c941

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Dyer C
Doctor could face financial ruin even if he wins libel case
BMJ 2010 Feb 16
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb16_2/c967

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Taylor L
US health 'spent more than any group ever' on lobbying in 2009
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 16
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17391

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Moher D, Schulz KF, Simera I, Altman DG
Guidance for Developers of Health Research Reporting Guidelines
PLoS Med 2010 Feb 16
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000217

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Edwards J
Pfizer's Pyramid of Doom, Or How the Drugmaker Oversold the Market for Cholesterol Drugs by 28 Million Americans
BNet 2010 Feb 16
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006721/pfizers-pyramid-of-doom-how-the-drugmaker-overstated-the-market-for-cholesterol-drugs-by-28-million-americans/

HSL17169
Taylor L
Rxing incentive schemes are illegal under EU law, says judge
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 15
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17387&src=EWorldNews

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Carlzon D, Gustafsson L, Eriksson AL, Rigner K, Sundstrom A, Wallerstedt SM.
Characteristics of primary health care units with focus on drug information from the pharmaceutical industry and adherence to prescribing objectives: a cross-sectional study.
BMC Clin Pharmacol 2010 Feb 15 10: (1): 4
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6904/10/4

 

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"Far too large a section of the treatment of disease is to-day controlled by the big manufacturing pharmacists, who have enslaved us in a plausible pseudo-science...
The blind faith which some men have in medicines illustrates too often the greatest of all human capacities - the capacity for self deception...
Some one will say, Is this all your science has to tell us? Is this the outcome of decades of good clinical work, of patient study of the disease, of anxious trial in such good faith of so many drugs? Give us back the childlike trust of the fathers in antimony and in the lancet rather than this cold nihilism. Not at all! Let us accept the truth, however unpleasant it may be, and with the death rate staring us in the face, let us not be deceived with vain fancies...
we need a stern, iconoclastic spirit which leads, not to nihilism, but to an active skepticism - not the passive skepticism, born of despair, but the active skepticism born of a knowledge that recognizes its limitations and knows full well that only in this attitude of mind can true progress be made."
- William Osler 1909