Blogs about: Vioxx
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FDA Runs Protection Racket For Big Pharma
January 7, 2007 Evelyn Pringle Why would Americans trust the FDA to regulate the pharmaceutical industry? Since the Bush administration took office the FDA has become the industry’s partner in c… more →
The Bitter Pill
Can Aspirin Help Ward Off Skin Cancer?
wrote 4 days ago: An aspirin a day could keep skin cancer away, according to a new report in the journal Cancer. Resea … more →
The FDA: Close this abomination down!
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wrote 1 week ago: Marti Oakley 2012/All rights Reserved Follow @MartiOakley _________________________________________ … more →
Stem cells to optimize match between patient and medication
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wrote 2 weeks ago: One of the biggest barriers to the development of new medical therapies is the cost of taking a new … more →
Easing the pain of migraine attacks
wrote 2 weeks ago: Dr Chad Beyer Welcome to Part Three of this series on migraine attacks. Today, I am stepping into th … more →
FDA Cuts a Deal to Fast Track Drugs and Devices
wrote 3 weeks ago: Over the angry protests of some consumer groups, Congress is moving rapidly – and in bipartisan fash … more →
Lots of drugs, not enough research
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Corrupting medical science
wrote 3 weeks ago: “The pharmaceutical industry is corrupting medical science.” By Charlene Smith Don … more →
Under the Reading Lamp — 4/27/2012
wrote 1 month ago: Why Your Prius Will Bankrupt Our Highways Gas taxes have funded our roads for decades. But our fuel- … more →
Merck Ordered to Pay $321 Million Criminal Fine for Illegally Marketing Vioxx Painkiller
wrote 1 month ago: “So in the end, what these criminal and civil fines amount to is nothing more than a drug indu … more →
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Pharmaceutical Company Merck Sharp & Dohme Sentenced in Connection with Unlawful Promotion of Vioxx
wrote 1 month ago: Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 19, 2012 U.S. P … more →
Swine flu drug 'Tamiflu' may be 'no better than aspirin'
wrote 1 month ago: Pharmaceutical companies should make full data from their clinical trials publicly available so the … more →
Data sharing as a moral imperative
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wrote 2 months ago: In the USA at least, the data legally belong to trialists on the grounds that it requires work to cr … more →
Popping the Vaccine Bubble
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wrote 3 months ago: Popping the Vaccine Bubble Read the original article in pdf. – Be sure to check out links belo … more →
The FDA is there to serve the drug industry, not the public says Dr. David Graham of the FDA
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Blackwell on Health: Vioxx suit settled for $37M
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wrote 4 months ago: In an era of growing caution around prescription medication and the claims made for them, the withdr … more →
Health Updates 28 November 2011
wrote 6 months ago: Medicare cuts in payments to doctors loom: “This time it’s a 27.4 percent cut. Last yea … more →
Merck To Pay $950 Million To Settle Vioxx® Off-Label Marketing Charges
wrote 6 months ago: American pharmaceutical company Merck, Sharp & Dohme (Merck) will pay $950 million to resolve cr … more →
Merck Agrees to Pay US $950 M to Settle Vioxx Claims
wrote 6 months ago: Merck will pay $950 million and a unit of the company will plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor ch … more →
Merck Agrees to Pay US $950 M to Settle Vioxx Claims
wrote 6 months ago: Merck will pay $950 million and a unit of the company will plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor ch … more →
