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Big Pharma's PR Ploy

Is the industry's contribution to health care reform just a scheme to push brand name drugs?

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| Tue Jun. 30, 2009 12:49 AM PDT
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Psoriasis Linked To Other Diseases

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| Tue Jun. 16, 2009 4:05 PM PDT
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U.S. Senate Covers Our Butts

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| Fri Jun. 12, 2009 4:15 PM PDT

The Big Health Scam?

Drugmakers and insurers are pledging to reform the health care system. Yeah, right.

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| Mon May. 11, 2009 12:00 PM PDT

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20 "Street" Terms From the White House Drug Control Policy Office

From "cabbage head" to "old navy," a fascinating list from Obama's National Drug Control Policy Office.

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| Wed May. 6, 2009 10:55 AM PDT

Big Pharma Profits from Grandmother's Little Helpers

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| Tue May. 5, 2009 11:47 AM PDT

Swine Flu: Bringing Home the Bacon

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| Mon Apr. 27, 2009 7:08 AM PDT

Drug Store Cowboys

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| Thu Apr. 23, 2009 11:32 AM PDT

The FDA and Big Pharma: Watchdog or Lapdog?

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| Tue Apr. 7, 2009 1:17 PM PDT

Big Pharma Psychs Out the Shrinks

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| Mon Apr. 6, 2009 1:36 AM PDT

Pharma Spends Twice as Much on Marketing as Research

The US pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much on promotion as it does on research and development—contrary to the industry's claim. Researchers from York University, collecting data directly from industry and from doctors, found that in 2004 pharma spent $235.4 billion: 24.4% on promotion; 13.4% for research and development. They also found the number of promotional meetings jumped dramatically from 120,000 in...

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| Mon Jan. 7, 2008 7:54 PM PST
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The Chill Pill: Would a Dem White House Take on Big Pharma?

On the trail, candidates fulminate about the drug companies, but money may still speak louder than words.

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| Thu Dec. 20, 2007 1:00 AM PST

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Won't Disclose Donors Without a Fight

For years, big (and often unpopular) corporations like drug and tobacco companies, have used innocuous-sounding trade associations to lobby on...

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| Wed Nov. 28, 2007 12:18 PM PST

Big Pharma Pressures Doctors in the Developing World

A new air conditioner, washing machine, microwave, camera, television, expensive crystals, and a luxury vacation. A fabulous Showcase Showdown...

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| Wed Oct. 31, 2007 3:15 PM PDT

Fake News from PhRMA

The pharmaceutical industry apparently isn't succeeding in its traditional PR efforts to get reporters and TV shows to say nice...

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| Wed Oct. 24, 2007 10:46 AM PDT
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How Black Market AIDS Drugs Go From Medicaid Recipients to the Third World

How a Medicaid scam sends black market AIDS drugs from New York's drug corridors to needy patients in the Dominican Republic and elsewhere.

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| Wed May. 9, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

BBC Reports GlaxoSmithKline Paid Academics to Fudge Data on Child Paxil/Suicide Link

The BBC is broadcasting a report later today alleging GSK tried basically tried to make up for studies that showed that Paxil did not help depressed children (and put some at risk of suicide) by issuing other studies, studies that just so happened to be conducted by scientists on their payroll, that found guess what? Just the opposite : GSK's biggest clinical trial of...

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| Mon Jan. 29, 2007 11:55 AM PST

Congress vs. Big Pharma: Let the Games Begin

Doughnut holes, drug scams, and Dingell: As the industry cozies up to Democrats, pharma reform may be DOA for now ? but watch for a few killer investigations.

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| Thu Dec. 14, 2006 1:00 AM PST

Punishing Patients

Raising the language barrier for non-English speaking medical patients in the United States is bad ideology and bad policy.

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| Thu May. 25, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

No Relief: Low-Income Seniors and Medicare

The recent controversy about penalizing Medicare enrollees has overshadowed an even bigger story.

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| Tue May. 23, 2006 12:00 AM PDT