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GHOSTWRITING IN MEDICAL JOURNALS MAKES THE NEWS—AGAIN

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

17 years ago

DRUG COMPANY MARKETING MAGIC: PROFIT OVER PATIENTS

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

17 years ago

PFIZER TO PAY 2.3 BILLION DOLLARS TO SETTLE ILLEGAL MARKETING CASE

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

17 years ago

WILL SCARE TACTICS CHANGE BEHAVIOR OF DRIVERS WHO TEXT?

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

17 years ago

Houseboats and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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

17 years ago

New Study Finds Risk in Off Label Use of Drugs

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

17 years ago

DRIVING WHILE CELLPHONED? TEXT ME ABOUT IT!

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

17 years ago

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

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

17 years ago

The Medical Malpractice Insurance Myth Debunked

Many of you have no doubt heard the repeated hue and cry of some who complain that doctors are being…

17 years ago

FDA’s Role in Regulating Drugs and Protecting Health

The U S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency that is part of the United States Department of…

17 years ago

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