WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s getting personal now. In a shift still evolving, federal enforcers are targeting individual executives in health care fraud cases that used to be aimed at impersonal corporations. The new tactic is raising the anxiety level — and risks — for corporate honchos at drug companies, medical device manufacturers, nursing home chains […]
Question of Ethics
By T.K. Rajalakshmi The effectiveness of the HPV vaccine in preventing cervical cancer was tested without proper consent from vulnerable subjects. EARLY last year, an ambitious, population-based, post-licensure study of the effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer conducted in selected districts of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat by PATH, an international […]
7 Dividend Winners in Big Pharma
It should come as no surprise that the key to any well-built portfolio is diversification. Picking up on trends as far as where consumers’ cash is going is important to the allocation one puts into each sector. Today Americans are battling ailments at unprecedented rates and often coming up with reasons to take prescription medications. […]
WHO hides the continuing polio epidemic
By Janine Roberts excerpt from a chapter of “Fear of the Invisible” How a Continuing Polio Epidemic is being Hidden I have been told again and again by health authorities that the polio vaccine is a marvellous lifesaver – and I had accepted this on trust. As no one I knew doubted this, I had […]
Champagne, Anyone? Pharma Freebies Down Under
By Ed Silverman Health Department workers in West Australia have received $745,000 worth of gifts, business class flights and hotel accommodations from drug and device makers, many of which sell meds and equipment to area hospitals, The West Australian reports. According to documents revealed in Parliament, between last July and April 6, there 259 instances […]
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