HPV vaccine, Merck and Rick Perry's money
Merck's ties to Perry run much deeper than one $5,000 check.
Merckraking: HPV vaccine, Merck and Rick Perry's money http://t.co/hPUmYhWO #MuckReads #cnn
Really strong piece by @jim_edwards: How the FDA Is Sleeping Through the Xanax Epidemic. http://t.co/23A2bigE #muckreads
How the FDA Is Sleeping Through the Xanax Epidemic
Xanax isn’t the most dangerous prescription pill on the market, but the anti-anxiety drug is so addictively powerful that doctors are starting to treat the benzodiazepine medicine as if it were an epidemic in itself.
The Rise of Unregulated Drug Trials in South America | The Nation http://t.co/TX2GlEXi #MuckReads #BigPharma
The Rise of Unregulated Drug Trials in South America | The Nation
Foreign clinical trials for US-bound drugs have been commonplace for decades, and ethical breaches are a frequent side effect.
Con Artist Starred in Sting That Cost Google Millions
After improperly and knowingly running ads for illicit drug sales, Google was caught in a four-month sting that "yielded one of the largest business forfeitures in U.S. history."
RT @bradpjacobson: Birth control recall: What did Pfizer & FDA know & when did they know it? http://t.co/Bq2jAB5a #muckreads
Is Pfizer Liable for Pregnancies Caused by Faulty Birth Control?
Pfizer recently announced it's recalling one million packets of birth control medication because it mixed up the order of the hormone-containing pills with placebos during packaging, putting an unknown number of women at risk for unintended pregnancies. Are they liable if women end up pregnant? Largely depends on the state.
Drugmakers have paid $8 billion in fraud fines – http://t.co/YhIHpWlV http://t.co/iyeLNdkQ via @USATODAY #MuckReads
Drugmakers have paid $8 billion in fraud fines
The country's biggest drug companies have together paid more than $8 billion in fines for defrauding the government, paying illegal kickbacks to health care providers, and other offenses since 2002. Despite repeat offenses from the same companies, the government can't just stop doing business with them, because to cut them off would mean Medicare and Medicaid patients couldn't get access to their proprietary drugs.
Disciplined Doctors Still Get Drug Company Cash
Between 2009 and 2011, about a dozen Connecticut doctors being disciplined by the state for "various medical offenses" also received benefits from drug companies – a duality experts say is "not uncommon."
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Generic Drugs Proving Resistant to Damage Suits
Whether a drug is generic or brand name can make or break lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for failing to inform patients of the risks in taking their drugs.
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