Drug giants spend billions a year promoting their pills to children, ignoring FDA rules. Johnson & Johnson even advertises its latest anti-psychotic on Legos, ignoring evidence that the drug leads to diabetes and wild weight gain and sprouts breast in boths boys and girls. The Fix Addiction and Recovery Straight Up August 5, 2011 […]
Did Merck Fire Employee for Sleepwalking or for Refusing to Market Illegally?
AllGov – News August 15, 2011 David Turkheimer is suing his former employer, pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co., because he was fired—either because he crashed his car while sleepwalking or he refused to do his boss’ biding and illegally market a drug. According to his lawsuit, Turkheimer’s supervisor told him to sell Merck’s Gardasil HPV […]
Scientists Credited With Ghostwritten Articles Should Be Charged With Fraud
Legal experts call for severe sanctions against scientists who ‘guest author’ papers written by drugs companies. By Ian Sample, Science Correspondent Doctors and scientists who put their names to medical articles they have not written should be charged with professional misconduct and fraud, according to legal experts. The proposals aim to stamp out the shady business […]
Conflict-of-Interest Rules May Be Relaxed in 2012, Hamburg Says
By Jeffrey Young Conflict-of-interest rules restricting scientists with financial ties to drug and device-makers from advising U.S. regulators may loosen next year, said Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. A 2008 policy limiting researchers who were paid by manufacturers from serving on advisory panels may be curtailing feedback the FDA receives, Hamburg told the […]
Merck Must Defend Securities-Fraud Claims Over Risks of Vioxx, Judge Rules
Bloomberg By David Voreacos – Aug 10, 2011 1:54 PM MT Merck & Co. must defend a lawsuit claiming it violated securities laws by downplaying the cardiovascular risks of its Vioxx painkiller before the company pulled the drug from the market in 2004, a judge ruled. Merck, the second-biggest U.S. drugmaker, withdrew Vioxx after a […]
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