CORRUPTION OF CLINICAL TRIALS REPORTS: A PROPOSAL

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CORRUPTION OF CLINICAL TRIALS REPORTS: A PROPOSAL

Unknown 6/22/2016 Komentar

CORRUPTION OF CLINICAL TRIALS REPORTS:A PROPOSALThere is a disconnection between the FDA’s drug approval process and the reports we see in medical journals. Pharmaceutical corporations exploit this gap through adulterated,...

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The More Things Stay the Same - More Apparently Adulterated Heparin, This Time from Chinese Ruminants

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The More Things Stay the Same - More Apparently Adulterated Heparin, This Time from Chinese Ruminants

Unknown 4/14/2016 Komentar

The story of the contaminated heparin just will not go away.  We first wrote about it in 2008 (see first post here, most related posts here, and the longer summary at the end of this post.)Quick SummaryBaxter International...

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There They Go Again - the New England Medical Journal Publishes another Rant, this Time about Power Morcellation

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There They Go Again - the New England Medical Journal Publishes another Rant, this Time about Power Morcellation

Unknown 3/21/2016 Komentar

In 2015, we noted (here and here) that the New England Journal of Medicine seemed to have been reduced to publishing rants about "pharmascolds" who are paranoid about conflicts of interest. Now there they go again.... BackgroundThe...

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What Revolving Door? - An Unprecedented Endorsement of a Political Appointment by the "Gold Standard" Medical Journal

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What Revolving Door? - An Unprecedented Endorsement of a Political Appointment by the "Gold Standard" Medical Journal

Unknown 11/20/2015 Komentar

An Unprecedented Endorsement  It's deja vu all over again.  In the spring of 2015, the New England Journal, the most prestigious US medical journal, published a remarkable series of opinion pieces extrolling physician-industry...

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Turn That Door Around - A Physician Substantially Tied to the Pharmaceutical Industry Nominated to Run the FDA

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Turn That Door Around - A Physician Substantially Tied to the Pharmaceutical Industry Nominated to Run the FDA

Unknown 9/24/2015 Komentar

It seems to be the season of the revolving door in health care.  The latest version got some media attention, because it involves one of the most important health care leadership positions in the US government, the...

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"God Damn the Pusher Man" - Especially when Enabled by the FDA Revolving Door

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"God Damn the Pusher Man" - Especially when Enabled by the FDA Revolving Door

Unknown 4/13/2015 Komentar

Who is watching the watchers?  A story this week involving "speed" like drugs added to "dietary supplements" suggests how far the once respected US Food and Drug Administration has fallen.An Amphetamine-Like Drug Spiking...

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