Prescription Drugs–Me-Too Drugs, 2/7
Posted By Prescription On Thursday, March 4th 2010. Under: Prescription Video Tags: allegra, bristol myers, bristol myers squibb, cancer drug, cholesterol, claritin, drugs, fda, lifestyle, lipitor, lower, merck, national institutes of health, Pfizer, viagra, vytorin, zocor
www.encognitive.com Angell disputes the industry's reputation as an "engine of innovation," arguing that the top US drug makers spend 2.5 times as much on marketing and administration as they do on research. At least a third of the drugs marketed by industry leaders were discovered by universities or small biotech ...
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Prescription Drugs–Manipulated Clinical Research, 5/7
Posted By Prescription On Tuesday, February 23rd 2010. Under: Prescription Video Tags: big, cancer specialists, commercial decisions, companies, drug, effects, lipitor, negative findings, pharma, pharmaceutical, prozac, side, stephen clarke, vioxx, zoloft
www.encognitive.com ONE of Australia's most senior cancer specialists has accused pharmaceutical companies of manipulating some clinical trials of medicines for commercial reasons, including deliberately delaying the release of negative findings and being reluctant to fund research into the toxicity of their drugs. Professor Stephen Clarke, who has conducted clinical trials ...
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Prescription Drugs–Selling Inferior Medicine, 6/7
Posted By Prescription On Thursday, January 21st 2010. Under: Prescription Video Tags: arthritis, celebrex, drugs, federal food and drug administration, food and drug administration, food and drug administration fda, lipitor, medicine, menstruation, osteoarthritis, prescription drug companies, research, rheumatoid, vioxx
www.encognitive.com Over the last five years, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent prescription drug companies 170 enforcement letters criticizing "false" or "misleading" advertising that omitted or minimized risks, promoted unproven uses, and made other deceptive claims to both doctors and consumers. Those letters addressed the marketing of 150 ...
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Prescription Drugs–Gifts as well as Trips, 4/7
Posted By Prescription On Monday, January 11th 2010. Under: Prescription Video Tags: advertising, baycol, biaxin, bribery, corruption, doctors, effects, free drugs, klonopin, lexapro, lipitor, nexium, pharmaceuticals, side, students, wellbutrin, xl
www.encognitive.com Unfortunately, health care corruption in this country doesn't end with the FDA; it has infiltrated the whole system. Drug companies regularly use trips, dinners, cash and free drugs to "persuade" doctors to prescribe new and expensive pharmaceuticals, according to many sources. These bribery expenses pay for themselves many times ...
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