Showing posts with label pharmaceutical companies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pharmaceutical companies. Show all posts
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Clinical Trial Deaths And Compensation In India // Pharmalot

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An investigation by India’s health ministry has found that drugmakers running clinical trials in the country have not compensated survivors...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

How academic physicians turn into drug company shills, KevinMD.com

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by Carl Elliott These days many thought leaders find themselves on shaky ground. The past few years have not been good for business. Some...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Big Pharma backs deal to boost flu pandemic readiness | Reuters

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Virus samples will be shared globally in exchange for vaccines produced from them under a landmark deal to improve preparedness for a flu p...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Conflicts Of Interest In Guideline Development: A Dirty Little Secret Gets Aired Again | The Health Care Blog

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An Archives of Internal Medicine article ( Conflicts of Interest in Cardiovascular Clinical Practice Guidelines ) is getting a lot of noti...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Drug Shortages Distress Hospitals - WSJ.com

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A shortage of injectable generic drugs for cancer and other serious diseases is putting pressure on hospitals, which are sometimes having t...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Branded drug prices soar as generic pressure rises | Reuters

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Pharmacists in Jordan-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals package generic versions of Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride 750 mg which will be ex...
Friday, March 11, 2011

FDA takes over Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol plants - Mar. 10, 2011

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The government is taking over three Tylenol plants following a blizzard of drug recalls and a Food and Drug Administration criminal investi...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Drug maker cited for not reporting side effects - Health - Health care - msnbc.com

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U.S. health regulators have warned Sanofi-Aventis SA's U.S. unit for failing to submit reports of possible serious side effects in a t...

Medical News: Supreme Court Sides With Vaccine Maker - in Washington-Watch, Washington Watch from MedPage Today

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The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that a federal law shields drug companies from being sued over injuries caused by childhood vaccines. The...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Obama budget targets brand name medicines, Health.Yahoo.net

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Big pharmaceutical companies could face increased competition from generic drugmakers under two proposals put forth by the Obama administra...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Oregon sues Johnson & Johnson over "phantom" Motrin - Jan. 13, 2011

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Oregon has sued Johnson & Johnson for allegedly selling defective Motrin drugs to consumers in the state for more than a year, and for ...
Monday, January 3, 2011

New Drug Approvals Slipped in 2010 - WSJ.com

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The Food and Drug Administration approved about 21 drugs in 2010, a relatively modest figure that shows the pharmaceutical industry hasn...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

Drug recalls surge to more than 1,700 in 2009 - Aug. 16, 2010

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Recalls of prescription and over the counter drugs are surging, raising questions about the quality of drug manufacturing in the United Sta...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Still on payroll despite fatal mistakes - Health News Florida

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Of all the doctors in Florida that GlaxoSmithKline could have chosen as consultants, Steven Brooks and his partner E. “Jake” Jacobo would s...