Saturday, June 28, 2008

Alison Bass's SIDE EFFECTS: Another Hall of Shame candidate

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The most recent book on Pharma issues that I've seen is by Alison Bass, formerly of the Boston Globe, called Side Effects: A Prosecutor...

Bad News--Other Countries Also Have FDAs of their Own

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The ever-alert Jon Judeidini sent this link out through the Healthy Skepticism network: http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=5167...
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Melody Petersen's OUR DAILY MEDS: Scary Things

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In writing HOOKED, I relied very heavily on a series of excellent articles that investigative reporter Melody Petersen wrote for the New Yor...
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Federal Sunshine Bills: Where Do We Stand?

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I was asked by some of my friends at the National Physicians Alliance for comments on the Physician Payment Sunshine Act now before Congress...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Business As Usual: Big Pharma Pays Off Generic Makers Not to Compete

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From Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2328640520080523 ...Comes word that the FTC has noted 14 instances last year i...
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California Bill: Sell Pharmacy Records to Drug Firms?

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According to the San Francisco Chronicle : http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/28/BAJC10U9GB.DTL ...a bill has been int...
Monday, May 26, 2008

The Private Physician as For-Profit Researcher: Ethical Problems

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In HOOKED, I cited a study by anthropologist Jill A. Fisher of Arizona State, who conducted ethnographic research in her region of the count...
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