Pharmaceutical industry – ClinicalNews.Org

Requested Re-print of BMJ 2012;345:e8462 - Original PDF File: Pharma Crime Pays Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive by Peter C. Gøtzsche, Professor...

FDA often ignored or just not there for many drug approvals and trials

Ralph Turchiano

November 27, 2014

Corruption - Fabricated Data

Study examines FDA influence on design of pivotal drug studies An examination of the potential interaction between pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. Food and Drug...

Authorship rules for medical journals flouted by pharma industry

Ralph Turchiano

April 14, 2014

Missed - Medical Breakthroughs

Public release date: 9-Aug-2011 Press release from PLoS Medicine Rather than ensure the proper attribution of authorship, rules set up by leading medical journals to...

94% of the Top U.S. Pharmaceutical companies have at least one member who held a Leadership position at an academic medical center

Ralph Turchiano

April 4, 2014April 4, 2014

Corruption - Fabricated Data Highlights Medical Ethics Medical Propaganda

The potential conflict of interest for leaders of AMCs serving on pharmaceutical boards About 40 percent of pharmaceutical company boards of directors examined had...

Docs not immune to drug marketing: Study co-authored by York U prof

Ralph Turchiano

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014

Medical Ethics

Public release date: 19-Oct-2010 - [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Money cash (Photo credit: @Doug88888)[/caption] TORONTO, October 19, 2010 – Pharmaceutical promotion may cause doctors to...

Drugs for low libido raise concerns over industry ‘construction’ of new diseases

Ralph Turchiano

February 22, 2014

Corruption - Fabricated Data Medical Ethics Medical Propaganda

Public release date: 30-Sep-2010 ‘Sex, Lies and Pharmaceuticals’ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Fukitol - 1000mg ... How I Accidentally Became a Drug Dealer (Wed., Nov....

Pharmaceuticals: A market for producing ‘lemons’ and serious harm

Ralph Turchiano

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014

Corruption - Fabricated Data Highlights Ineffective Treatments Lethal or Unintended Side Effects Medical Ethics Medical Propaganda

Public release date: 17-Aug-2010 - they spend two to three times more on marketing than on research to persuade doctors to prescribe these new drugs-...

Cure for love: Should we take anti-love drugs?

Ralph Turchiano

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014

Behavior Modification Medical Ethics Transhuman

- You have written about the possibility of using "anti-love biotechnology" as a treatment. When would it be warranted? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] English: Broken...

Are you Big Pharma’s new target market?

Ralph Turchiano

February 7, 2014

Medical Ethics Medical Propaganda

Taking a cue from Apple and Coca-Cola, pharmaceutical firms are humanizing their brands Version française Montreal, February 4, 2014 — By 2018,...

Do financial interests result in positive results in scientific research?

Ralph Turchiano

January 30, 2014

Corruption - Fabricated Data Medical Ethics Medical Propaganda

Public release date: 18-Mar-2010 - Virtually all (94%) of the scientific authors who provided positive results for the anti-diabetic drug rosiglitazone had financial relationships with...

Swine flu pandemic media pundits with pharma links more likely to talk up risks and promote drugs

Ralph Turchiano

November 15, 2013

Corruption - Fabricated Data

Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmj.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Competing interests should be declared -- and reported -- to maintain credibility of public health, say researchersAcademics with...

Drug companies paid big bucks to attend FDA painkiller meetings

Ralph Turchiano

October 9, 2013

Corruption - Fabricated Data

Article by: Peter Whoriskey Washington Post October 6, 2013 - 11:15 PM WASHINGTON – A scientific panel that shaped the federal government’s policy for...

Pricing scandal sees NHS pay £89 for cod-liver oil capsules

Ralph Turchiano

July 15, 2013

Corruption - Fabricated Data

Taxpayers are being charged up to 40 times the usual cost for common over-the-counter products being prescribed by NHS doctors, The Telegraph can disclose. The...

NHS hit for millions by overcharging ‘scam’

Ralph Turchiano

July 14, 2013

Corruption - Fabricated Data

Drug companies exploit loophole in the law to hike prices by as much as 2,000 per cent Sanchez Manning Sunday, 14 July 2013 Drugs companies...

FDA – 2012 law now in effect which lifts conflict of interest restrictions on FDA advisory panels

Ralph Turchiano

June 7, 2013

Corruption - Fabricated Data

Contact: Kathy Fackelmann kfackelmann@gwu.edu 202-994-8354 George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services Conflict-of-interest restrictions needed to ensure strong FDA review Panel members...

Drugs giants used Communist East Germany for ‘illegal’ trials

Ralph Turchiano

May 12, 2013

Lethal or Unintended Side Effects

Several patients died in tests made possible by massive payoffs to Communist regime Tony Paterson Sunday, 12 May 2013 Leading Western pharmaceutical companies paid millions...

‘Medical stocks are down by 90 percent’: Greece accuses pharma giants of slashing imports

Ralph Turchiano

February 27, 2013

Health Technology News

Published time: February 28, 2013 01:36 AFP Photo / Louisa Gouliamaki The Greek government has reportedly accused 50 leading pharmaceutical companies of cutting off...

Study finds that ‘Big Pharma’ fails at self-policing ED drug advertising: Sex, lies and television?

Ralph Turchiano

February 15, 2013

Corruption - Fabricated Data Pharmaceutical - Medical Devices

"The mechanism set up by PhRMA for consumers to make complaints does not function: the FAX machine is typically not connected and complaints go unanswered."...

‘Bad Pharma’ says we’re all victims of drug industry

Ralph Turchiano

December 25, 2012

Behavior Modification Corruption - Fabricated Data Lethal or Unintended Side Effects Pharmaceutical - Medical Devices

By Stephen Curry, The Guardian Monday, December 24, 2012 11:11 EST Topics: clinical trials You should read it because behind the anodyne cover lurks...

Pharmaceuticals: A market for producing ‘lemons’ and serious harm

Ralph Turchiano

December 11, 2012

Lethal or Unintended Side Effects Pharmaceutical - Medical Devices

2010 report posted for filing Contact: Daniel Fowler fowler@asanet.org 202-527-7885 American Sociological Association Incentives and protections for industry encourage development of many drugs with few...

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Pharmaceuticals: A market for producing ‘lemons’ and serious harm