GHOSTWRITING IN MEDICAL JOURNALS MAKES THE NEWS—AGAIN

17 years ago

In my blog post of August 5 I detailed a story about how drug maker Wyeth paid professional, non-physician ghostwriters…

Marc Weingarten Gives Back to High School Civics Class

17 years ago

The lawyers at the Locks Law Firm are mindful of the importance of giving back to the communities where they…

Marc Weingarten Active in International Lecturing

17 years ago

Partner Marc P. Weingarten has been extremely active in lecturing internationally to various groups of lawyers and asbestos victims. Last…

DRUG COMPANY MARKETING MAGIC: PROFIT OVER PATIENTS

17 years ago

In another exhibition of corporate greed over public good in the pharmaceutical sector, a recently released document (available here) reveals…

PFIZER TO PAY 2.3 BILLION DOLLARS TO SETTLE ILLEGAL MARKETING CASE

17 years ago

Yesterday the pharmaceutical behemoth Pfizer agreed to pay 2.3 billion dollars to settle civil and criminal lawsuits that alleged it…

Marc Weingarten Receives Prestigious “Jackass Penguin Award”

17 years ago

Locks Law Partner Marc P. Weingarten was recently awarded the most prestigious international award given by the American Association of…

WILL SCARE TACTICS CHANGE BEHAVIOR OF DRIVERS WHO TEXT?

17 years ago

As a follow up to my blog post of August 6, New York State last week passed a law that…

Victory for Families of Mesothelioma Victims

17 years ago

Marc P. Weingarten, a partner in the Philadelphia office of Locks Law and Joseph M. McGill, a senior associate in…

Houseboats and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

17 years ago

Most people think of carbon monoxide poisoning as coming from automobile exhaust or faulty heating systems and indeed much of…

New Study Finds Risk in Off Label Use of Drugs

17 years ago

In the United States physicians are permitted to prescribe medications to patients to treat conditions that are not specifically listed…

DRIVING WHILE CELLPHONED? TEXT ME ABOUT IT!

17 years ago

If you drive anywhere in the city of New York (or apparently anywhere else in the tri-state area as well)…

Drug Company Pays to Have Medical Articles Written To Enhance Sales of Its Drugs

17 years ago

The use of ghostwriters---professional writers who assist non-writers to write a book or article and who are paid for their…

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