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> Publications by Healthy Skepticism Members
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> Publications from around the world relevant to drug promotion
Healthy Skepticism International News
Apr 2008 Brief to Canada's House of Commons Standing Committee on Postmarketing SurveillanceMar 2008 The ADHD drug Strattera
Feb 2008 HPV vaccine: An (unpublished) letter to the editor
Jan 2008 Antidepressants in children
Nov - Dec 2007 More money, less health
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AdWatch
August 2007 Response to criticism of Adwatch on AvandiaJune 2007 Arthritis advertorial by Pfizer
March 2007 Do not ADOPT rosiglitazone as first-line diabetes treatment. Avandia from GSK.
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Documents re Paxil Study 329: Paroxetine vs Imipramine vs Placebo in AdolescentsPublications by Healthy Skepticism Members
The 3 most recent publications where at least one of the authors is a Healthy Skepticism member.> More
Jureidini JN, McHenry LB, Mansfield PR.
Clinical trials and drug promotion: Selective reporting of study 329
The International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine 2008 May;20(1-2):73-81
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Ross JS, Hill KP, Egilman DS, Krumholz HM.
Guest authorship and ghostwriting in publications related to rofecoxib: a case study of industry documents from rofecoxib litigation.
JAMA 2008 Apr 16;299(15):1800-12
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/15/1800
Vitry A, Lexchin J, Sasich L, Dupin-spriet T, Reed T, Bertele V, Garattini S, Toop L, Hurley E.
Provision of information on regulatory authorities’ websites
Internal Medicine Journal 2008 Mar 11:epub ahead of print
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01588.x
Publications mentioning Healthy Skepticism
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Burton B.
Australian drug industry gives details of money spent courting doctors
BMJ 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):742
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7647/742-a
Pharmas spend $31m on doctors: report
Associated Press 2008 Mar 28
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Moynihan R.
Health seminars spruik drug firms
The Australian 2008 Feb 22
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23255729-2702,00.html
Publications relevant to drug promotion: published in the last 60 days
There are 333 publications below. To see more published this year go to > 2007 or go to > library home page or > main library search page.Brownlee S, Lenzer J.
Stealth Marketers
Slate 2008 Jun 6
http://www.slate.com/id/2190775/
Fitzgerald J.
Glaxo exec blasts state
Boston Herald 2008 May 7
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Collier J.
An end in sight for the secretive drug price fixing pact between government and industry
BMJ Blogs 2008 May 6
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Federal Judge Rules Against Cosmetic Surgery Firm, Dismisses Trademark Claim Against Consumer Web Site
Public Citizen 2008 May 5
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2651
Blackwell T.
Generics slam proposed drug patent rules
National Post (Toronto) 2008 May 5
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=494149
Psych Working Group Again Rife with Conflicts of Interests
Integrity in Science Watch 2008 May 5
http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/watch/200805051.html#4
Calabresi L.
Promotion creates unrealistic HPV hope
6minutes (Australia) 2008 May 5
http://www.6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=171653
Richwine L, Heavey S.
Ads for 3 drugs face U.S. lawmaker scrutiny
Reuters 2008 May 5
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Tanner L.
Anti-psychotic drug use soars in UK children, too
Associated Press 2008 May 5
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/05/05/ap4967712.html
Cohen D.
Christmas Comes Early-as Lilly Reveals First-Quarter Healthcare Grants
Alliance for Human Research Protection 2008 May 4
http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/18/87/
Eli Lilly blasted over Cialis
Pharmacy Daily (Australia) - registration required 2008 May 2
http://www.pharmacydaily.com.au
AstraZeneca Seeks FDA Revision to Bring Back DTC User Fee
FDA Week 2008 May 2
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Lilly honours mental health charity workers
PMLive.com 2008 May 2
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6688
Weissman R.
Big Pharma Digs In
Multinational Monitor 2008 May 1
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Eli Lilly CEO on pharmaceuticals and doctors’ gifts
NECN (Boston, Mass.) 2008 May 1
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NY Times reporter details pharmaceutical company marketing methods
ABC News (Australia) 2008 Apr 30
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/30/2232048.htm
US medical schools far too reliant on support of big pharma
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 29
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13378&src=EWorldNews
Stevenson H.
Former Shill for Big Pharma Tells the Truth About Drug Testing
NaturalNews 2008 Apr 29
http://www.naturalnews.com/023127.html
Editorial .
Should They Send a Thank-You Note?
New York Times 2008 Apr 29
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/opinion/29tue4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref
GSK, Coca-Cola part of British consumer watchdog probe: report
AFP News Briefs List 2008 Apr 29
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Baar A.
Generics Market Heats Up As Patents Keep Expiring
MediaPost Publications 2008 Apr 28
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Harris G.
Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways
The New York Times 2008 Apr 28
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Association of American Medical Colleges proposes ban on 'pharma' gifts to physicians, staff, medical students
News-Medical.net 2008 Apr 28
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=37843
Taylor L.
Pharma 'must take more responsibility for quality'; FDA
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 27
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13359&src=EWorldNews
Richwine L.
AstraZeneca pushes for reviews of TV drug ads
Reuters 2008 Apr 25
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2537058420080425
Von Schoen-Angerer T
Questioning the 1.5 billion dollar vaccine deal
Development Today 2008 Apr 25
http://www.development-today.com/magazine/2008/DT_6/Opinion/3362
Pharma slow to grasp online opportunities
PMLive.com 2008 Apr 25
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6665
Hensley S.
FDA’s Off-Label Promotion Notion: ‘Good Framework’ vs. ‘Fantasy’
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog 2008 Apr 25
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Baar A.
Schering-Plough To Continue DTC Marketing Of Vytorin
MediaPost Publications 2008 Apr 24
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Taylor L.
Drugmakers 'must engage with patients, payers on R&D'
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 24
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13353&src=EWorldNews
Carlat D.
Massachusetts Senate Passes Drug Company Gift Ban
The Carlat Psychiatry Blog 2008 Apr 24
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Report on the Performance of Drug and Biologics Firms in Conducting Postmarketing Commitment Studies
Washington, DC: US Food and Drug Administration; 2008 Apr 24
http://www.fda.gov/cder/pmc/default.htm
Blum J.
Drugmakers Didn't Begin 1,044 Promised U.S. Studies
Bloomberg.com 2008 Apr 23
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Former Bristol-Myers Squibb Senior Vice President Indicted for Lying to the Federal Government About Popular Blood-Thinning Drug
PharmaLive 2008 Apr 23
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Silverman E.
New Jersey’s Attorney General And Antipsychotics
Pharmalot 2008 Apr 23
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Psaty BM, Ray W.
FDA guidance on off-label promotion and the state of the literature from sponsors.
JAMA 2008 Apr 23;299(16):1949-51
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/16/1949
O'Brien J.
Blumenthal gripes to state lawmakers about pharmaceutical industry
Legal Newsline.org 2008 Apr 22
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Shrivastav S.
A shocking WHO dunit: GMCH Researchers Find That Many Indian Pharma Cos Are Using Name of WHO Illegally For Promotions
Times of India 2008 Apr 22
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Peale C.
UC to keep closer eye on prof's income
The Enquirer 2008 Apr 21
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Connecticut Attorney General Renews Call For Ban On Drug Company Gifts To Doctors
PharmaLive 2008 Apr 21
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=533640&categoryid=43
Petersen M.
Drugs are hyped by ghostwriters, not sound science
Chicago Tribune 2008 Apr 21
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Editorial .
Medical ghosts
The Baltimore Sun 2008 Apr 20
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Stopping trials early for benefit: too good to be true
The Lancet 2008 Apr 19;371(9621):1310
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Tanne JH.
Merck used ghostwriters and selective data in Vioxx publications, JAMA says.
BMJ 2008 Apr 19;336(7649):849
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7649/849
Saul S.
F.D.A. Plan on Medical Articles Takes More Heat
New York Times 2008 Apr 19
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/business/19ghost.html
Mundy A.
Drug Makers Push Easing Off-Label Rules
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Apr 18:A14
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120848517961025323.html
Bor J.
Research ghostwriting common, insiders say: Drug companies seek recognized authors
The Baltimore Sun 2008 Apr 18
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Science for sale
The Star Ledger 2008 Apr 18
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Whalen J.
Glaxo Becomes Master of Reinventing Drugs
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Apr 17
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120833908419819167-email.html
Ausiello D, Stossel TP.
Conflicts don’t sicken health care
Boston Herald 2008 Apr 17
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1087609
Kesselheim AS, Avorn J.
Pharmaceutical promotion to physicians and first amendment rights.
NEJM 2008 Apr 17;358(16):1727-32
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/358/16/1727
Dart J.
Doctors beg drug firms to pay for staff
The Sydney Morning Herald 2008 Apr 17
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Zimmer Announces New Compliance Model
Zimmer Corparate 2008 Apr 17
http://www.zimmer.com/z/ctl/op/global/action/1/id/10082/template/CP
Silverman E.
Journal Ads & Accurate Claims: Spielmans Explains
Pharmalot 2008 Apr 17
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Roychoudhuri O.
Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation
AlterNet 2008 Apr 17
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/82455/?page=1
Psaty BM, Kronmal RA.
Reporting mortality findings in trials of rofecoxib for Alzheimer disease or cognitive impairment: a case study based on documents from rofecoxib litigation.
JAMA 2008 Apr 16;299(15):1813-7
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/15/1813
DeAngelis CD, Fontanarosa PB.
Impugning the integrity of medical science: the adverse effects of industry influence.
JAMA 2008 Apr 16;299(15):1833-5
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/299/15/1833
Mitka M.
Critics say FDA's off-label guidance allows marketing disguised as science.
JAMA 2008 Apr 16;299(15):1759-61
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/299/15/1759
Merck 'misrepresented' Vioxx data
The Age (Melbourne) 2008 Apr 16
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Merck & Co hits back at JAMA attack on integrity
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 16
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13283&src=EWorldNews
Saul S.
Merck Wrote Drug Studies for Doctors
The New York Times 2008 Apr 16
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Boseley S.
Drug firm accused of death rate data failures
The Guardian 2008 Apr 16
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/apr/16/health.usa/print
FDA warning to Pfizer re Viagra video
US Food and Drug Administration 2008 Apr 16
http://www.fda.gov/cder/warn/2008/Viagra-WL.pdf
Ross JS, Hill KP, Egilman DS, Krumholz HM.
Guest authorship and ghostwriting in publications related to rofecoxib: a case study of industry documents from rofecoxib litigation.
JAMA 2008 Apr 16;299(15):1800-12
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/15/1800
Baar A.
Most Online Rx Drug Searches Are For Depression Meds
MediaPost Publications 2008 Apr 15
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Kolata G.
Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Are Rejecting Industry Pay
The New York Times 2008 Apr 15
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IMS Health Reports Global Prescription Sales Grew 6.4 Percent in 2007, to $712 Billion
PharmaLive 2008 Apr 15
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Sternberg S.
Reports: Data on Vioxx was misused
USA Today.com 2008 Apr 15
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Grammy-nominated singer helps launch diabetes campaign
PM Live 2008 Apr 15
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FDA sees possible fraud behind tainted heparin
Reuters 2008 Apr 15
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Silverman E.
Boo! Grassley Targets Ghostwriting Firm
Pharmalot 2008 Apr 15
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/boo-grassley-targets-ghostwriting-firm/
Silverman E.
Organon Allegedly Covered Up Raplon Side Effects
Pharmalot 2008 Apr 15
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/organon-covered-up-raplon-side-effects/
The Dangers in Pre-emption
The New York Times 2008 Apr 14
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Tartakoff J.
Generic drugs' quick, simple route to market has many roadblocks
SeattlePI.com 2008 Apr 13
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/358888_calcitonin14.html?source=rss
Farley R.
Drug research: To test or to tout?
St. Petersburg Times 2008 Apr 12
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article454391.ece
Howe RA.
Don't include trimethoprim.
BMJ 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):787
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18403503
Medawar C.
A cynical consultation exercise?
BMJ 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):787
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7648/787-a?etoc
Glaser AN.
Include cost of treatment.
BMJ 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):788
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7648/788?etoc
Burton B.
Roche fined for breaching direct to consumer advertising ban and publishing unbalanced advertisements.
BMJ 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):792
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7648/792?etoc
Watson R.
EC proposals fail to distinguish between information and advertising.
BMJ 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):792-3
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7648/792-b?etoc
Jack A.
Donors agree financial arrangement to stimulate vaccine development
BMJ 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):797
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7648/797?etoc
Lenzer J.
Company’s decision to lengthen lipid lowering trial causes controversy
BMJ 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):797
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7648/797-a?etoc
Freking K.
Drug Companies to Reveal Grant Practices
Yahoo Finance 2008 Apr 11
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080411/drug_companies_doctors.html?.v=5
Van Voris B
Eli Lilly Zyprexa Lawsuit May Be Scaled Back, Judge Says
Bloomberg.com 2008 Apr 11
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Cohen R.
Antidepressants are on the rise
The Star Ledger 2008 Apr 11
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Weeks C.
New rules: life-saver or safety risk?
The Globe and Mail 2008 Apr 11
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PDI Signs Promotion Agreement with Major Pharmaceutical Company
PharmaLive 2008 Apr 11
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Freking K.
Drug Companies to Reveal Grant Practices
San Francisco Chronicle 2008 Apr 11
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Responses From Pharmaceutical Drug and Device Makers to Grassley Request for Disclosure of Support for Continuing Medical Education
PharmaLive 2008 Apr 11
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Responses From Pharmaceutical Drug and Device Makers to Grassley Request for Disclosure of Support for Continuing Medical Education
PharmaLive 2008 Apr 11
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Pharma's Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Continues Shift to Physician Offices, Online Programs
Business Wire 2008 Apr 10
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Lawler B.
Glaxo Angers the FDA
The Motley Fool 2008 Apr 10
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DMA Forecasts $10.6 Billion in 2008 Pharmaceutical Sales via Direct Marketing; New Report Focuses on Pharmaceutical Industry
PharmaLive 2008 Apr 10
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Goldstein J.
Appeals Court Backs Drugmakers in Antidepressant Suicides
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog 2008 Apr 9
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Weisbaum H.
Are drugs ads hazardous to your health?
ConsumerMan , MSNBC 2008 Apr 9
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24033768/
Taylor L.
Middle Eastern pharma/biotech market 'set to boom'
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 9
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13231&src=EWorldNews
Pharma needs to sharpen up to get drugs approved first time
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 9
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13232&src=EWorldNews
Trotta F, Apolone G, Garattini S, Tafuri G.
Stopping a trial early in oncology: for patients or for industry?
Annals of Oncology 2008 Apr 9:epub ahead of print
http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/mdn042v4
Boseley S.
Pharma firms end drug trials early in rush to beat rivals, say experts
The Guardian 2008 Apr 9
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/apr/09/health.pharmaceuticals
GSK warned by FDA
PMLive.com 2008 Apr 9
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6622
Chester MR, Bridson J.
When will NICE or the FDA make stent manufacturers prove they are not merely latter day snake oil salesmen?
BMJ 2008 Apr 9:epub
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/336/7647/743#193170
Kemper KJ, Hood KL.
Does pharmaceutical advertising affect journal publication about dietary supplements?
BMC Complement Altern Med. 2008 Apr 9;8(1):11
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/8/11
Taylor L.
EU pharma tells Commission: 'we do not want DTC'
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 8
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13225&src=EWorldNews
Silverman E.
FDA: Glaxo Failed To Report Avandia Studies
Pharmalot 2008 Apr 8
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Simmonds H.
It takes two to tango
BMJ 2008 Apr 8:epub
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/336/7647/776#193296
Taylor L.
FDA told: 'TV drug ads must include side effects info'
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 7
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13212&src=EWorldNews
Ravn K.
Vytorin study results fuel cholesterol debate
Los Angeles Times 2008 Apr 7
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Feuerstein A.
Elan and Wyeth Had Ties to Study's Authors
TheStreet.com 2008 Apr 7
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Another Black Eye for Big Pharma
NJBIZ 2008 Apr 7
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Hensley S.
Odds Rise for FDA Shield Against Drug Liability
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog 2008 Apr 7
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EFPIA against TV advertising for medicines
PMLive.com 2008 Apr 7
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6617
Taylor L.
India cuts prices of over 150 life-saving drugs
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 7
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13215&src=EWorldNews
Pringle E.
Glaxo Fights Against Public Paxil Trials
OpEd News 2008 Apr 7
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Harris G, Berenson A.
Drug Makers Near Old Goal: A Legal Shield
New York Times 2008 Apr 6
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Goodman M.
Big pharma drive for UK industry
Times Online 2008 Apr 6
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Sweet M.
Academic freedom is at risk in dispute over Gardasil, lecturers say
BMJ 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):741
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7647/741-a
Burton B.
Australian drug industry gives details of money spent courting doctors
BMJ 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):742
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7647/742-a
Sale of infant cough medicines splutters to a halt
The Lancet 2008 Apr 5;371(9619):1138
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Aronson JK.
Too high a pedestal
BMJ 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):735
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7647/735
Lenzer J.
Longer, better studies of coronary stents are needed, FDA tells industry
BMJ 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):743
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7647/743
Spence D.
Bend it like . . . ?
BMJ 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):776
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7647/776
Farrell L.
The Best Medicine: Passion required
BMJ 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):776
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7647/776-a
Bewley S.
Getting to the bottom of evidence based medicine
BMJ 2008;336(7647):764 (5 April), 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):764
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7647/764
Sale of infant cough medicines splutters to a halt.
Lancet 2008 Apr 5;371(9619):1138
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(08)60497-3
Ryan S.
Psychiatrists play musical chairs
The Australian 2008 Apr 4
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23481767-5013404,00.html
Stanbridge N.
Bogus pharmacist case scrutinised
BBC News 2008 Apr 4
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7330027.stm
Pagnamenta R.
Investor chief questions role of Big Pharma in development of medicines
The Times (London, UK) 2008 Apr 4
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Smith A.
To Russia with drugs
CNNMoney.com 2008 Apr 4
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Sweet M.
Crikey scoop: Queensland Uni succumbs to drug company pressure
Crikey 2008 Apr 4
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Wijesinghe PR, Norris P.
Increased advertising of medicines on New Zealand television since 2001.
N Z Med J 2008 Apr 4;121(1271):121-2
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18392070
Baar A.
Consumer Group Calls For Side Effects Notification Option
Marketing Daily 2008 Apr 3
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Taylor L.
Bonuses “account for 25% of pharma reps’ pay”
Pharma Times 2008 Apr 3
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13195&src=EWorldNews
Dabade G.
The menace of combo drugs
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) 2008 Apr 3
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr32008/editpage2008040260701.asp
Johnson LA.
Schering-Plough Cutting Staff, Costs
Associated Press 2008 Apr 3
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080403/schering_plough_cuts.html?.v=4
Mantone J.
Will 2008 Set a Pharma Layoff Record?
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog 2008 Apr 3
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Carey J.
A Healthy Gamble for Cystic Fibrosis
BusinessWeek 2008 Apr 3
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The Speech That Maimed Schering And Merck
Forbes.com 2008 Apr 3
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Malone S.
Drug co sues Biovail, Glaxo on antitrust claims
Reuters 2008 Apr 3
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0327904520080403
Dawdy P.
Bitter Pill
Willamette Week (Portland, Oregon) 2008 Apr 2
http://wweek.com/editorial/3421/10752/
Blum J.
Drug Ads on TV Should Include U.S. FDA Phone Number, Group Says
Bloomberg News 2008 Apr 2
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Pettypiece S.
Schering's Hassan Says Pharmacia Rescue Readied Him
Bloomberg News 2008 Apr 2
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Define 'lavish'
Pharmagossip 2008 Apr 2
http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2008/04/define-lavish.html
Editorial .
Overpromoted Cholesterol Drugs
New York Times 2008 Apr 2
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Teinowitz I.
Congress Moves Closer to Tobacco Clampdown
Advertising Age 2008 Apr 2
http://adage.com/article?article_id=126123
Consumer Reports Poll: Most Say TV Drug Ads Should Include Info on How to Report Side Effects
PRNewswire-USNewswire 2008 Apr 2
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Grassley C.
Pharma Payments to Doctors (Floor Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa)
United States Senate Committee on Finance 2008 Apr 2
http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2008/prg040208b.pdf
Baar A.
Vytorin Study May Add Weight To Debate On DTC Advertising
Marketing Daily 2008 Apr 1
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Bodoni S.
Glaxo Greek Drug Trade Cuts Unlawful, Court Aide Says
Bloomberg News 2008 Apr 1
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Ryan S.
Psychiatrists back sponsorship deals
The Australian 2008 Apr 1
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23463973-23289,00.html
Berenson A.
Accusations of Delays in Releasing Drug Results
New York Times 2008 Apr 1
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/business/01drug.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Johnson LA.
Congress: Vytorin makers held bad news
Associated Press 2008 Apr 1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_bi_ge/vytorin_study_fallout
Heavey S.
U.S. lawmakers seek J&J, Amgen anemia drug records
Reuters 2008 Apr 1
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN0130607820080401?rpc=44
Verispan Reports: Physicians Prefer Merck’s ePromotion Activities
Business Wire 2008 Mar 31
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Moynihan R.
Pharmacists sign with Big Pharma to promote anti-fat drug
Crikey 2008 Mar 31
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Dixon K.
ANALYSIS-US may compare medical products; companies wary
Reuters 2008 Mar 31
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Tamura Y, Tatebayashi M, Takada M, Masuda K.
Medical guidelines seen ailing / Donations from drugmakers call impartiality of research into question
The Daily Yomiuri, The Yomiuri Shimbun 2008 Mar 31
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080331TDY03103.htmhttp://
Aldhous P.
US wasted billions on ineffective cholesterol drugs
New Scientist 2008 Mar 31
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House Committee Requests Documents Relating to ESAs
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Connecticut sues Eli Lilly over Zyprexa marketing
Reuters 2008 Mar 11
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UK experts call for national system to evaluate diagnostic tests
BMJ 2008 Mar 11:epub ahead of print
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Drugs in Water Hurt Fish and Wildlife
Associated Press 2008 Mar 11
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Perrone M.
Lawmakers Push Pharma-Free Drug Pitches
Yahoo Finance 2008 Mar 11
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Publicly Funded Drug Trials Will Counteract the Corruption and Inefficiency of Testing: Greater Transparency in Testing Process Would Lead to More Accurate Disclosure of Benefits and Hazards
Center for Economic Policy and Research 2008 Mar 11
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Exclusive: 'Science For Sale' Probe Deepens
ABC News (American) 2008 Mar 10
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Pharma “shooting itself in the foot” over reputation
Pharma Times 2008 Mar 10
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Trial registers fall short on scientific leadership information
Pharma Times 2008 Mar 10
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