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Doc Payment Reports Riddled With Mistakes
14 Dec – Minnesota – Long before the rest of the country cared, Minnesota took aim at the pharmaceutical industry. In 1993 it passed a novel law: If drug companies paid any of the state’s health providers to push their pills, the money had to be publicly reported. (more…)
Another Kind of AIDS Crisis
In their own words, see how AIDS drugs harm patients (more…)
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Farber Libel Suit: Case Continues
20 Nov-New York – After a fifteen-month delay, the Supreme Court of the State of New York has made a decision in the case of Farber v. Jefferys, Kuritzky & Murtagh. (more…)
15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Throats
19 Nov – In the pharmaceutical industry’s rush to get drugs to market, safety usually comes last. Long studies to truly assess a drug’s risks just delay profits after all — and if problems do emerge after medication hits the market, settlements are usually less than profits. Remember, Vioxx still made money. (more…)
Disgraced Docs Push Drugs for Big Pharma
20 Oct – The Ohio medical board concluded that pain physician William D. Leak had performed “unnecessary” nerve tests on 20 patients and subjected some to “an excessive number of invasive procedures,” including injections of agents that destroy nerve tissue. Yet the finding, posted on the board’s public website, didn’t prevent Eli Lilly and Co. from using him (more…)
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