Saturday, May 19, 2007

PhRMA Blusters On

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Q: What do you do when the old stuff you have been saying seems not to be working so well any more--but you don't have anything new to s...
Saturday, May 12, 2007

Wake Up, Physicians: The Back Room Isn't Out of Sight Any More

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The Tennessean (Nashville) had a forceful editorial last week, jumping off from the widely publicized study by Campbell et al. in the New E...

NY Times: Docs Rake in Money, Prescribe More drugs

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The article that appeared May 10 in the New York Times is very important because it addresses an issue on which current data is rather lack...
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Welcome to a Non-Commercially Biased Psychiatry Newsletter

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I had the pleasure recently of hearing from Daniel Carlat, MD, assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University. who describes...
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Thursday, April 26, 2007

More on the Techniques Used by Reps

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In HOOKED, I was able to use testimony from former drug reps to illustrate the various techniques that are used to influence physicians--alm...
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An Inside Peek: How Much the Drug Industry Supports Samples for Indigent Patients

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Every time I have heard anyone representing the pharmaceutical industry's point of view defend physicians' cozy relationships with d...

New England Journal Study Shows Widespread Relationships of Physicians with Industry

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The Institute on Medicine as a Profession at Columbia University is rapidly establishing itself as the 800-pound gorilla of the forces in me...