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Pharmaceuticals
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AIDS advocates: Obama needs to use leverage
The Chicago Tribune‘s Tom Hamburger reports that several global health advocacy organizations, including Doctors without Borders and OxFam International, have…
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Drug maker sues Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mylan Inc., the world’s third-largest manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, has sued the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and reporters Len Boselovic and Patricia…
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Unsealed papers prove Wyeth was behind articles
Court documents show that Wyeth, maker of Premarin and Prempro, was involved in the writing of 26 scientific papers that…
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Press not explaining how plan will affect consumers
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman recently appeared on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, with Marcia Angell, M.D., a senior lecturer in…
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UN: Africa plagued by counterfeit malaria/HIV pills
A recent assessment by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that weak and or/useless drugs have proliferated…
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Recent reporting relied on incomplete releases
We all know that press releases are, by definition, designed to highlight positive news. And that’s being generous. But a pair of…
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Drug company-sponsored training draws fire
Gary Schwitzer, a professor in the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication and publisher of HealthNewsReview.org, calls…
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GAO review finds fault in FDA’s device oversight
The Government Accountability Office looked into how the FDA oversees medical devices and found that it does not review all…
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First Amendment defense fails InterMune exec
If any company thinks a press release is protected speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and, therefore, can’t be used…
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Pharma industry still finding its way in social media
Big pharma continues to dabble, tentatively, with social media. The latest example is GlaxoSmithKline, which this week launched its very own…