Transparency International Reports on Massive Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Sector - Media Hardly Notices

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Transparency International Reports on Massive Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Sector - Media Hardly Notices

Unknown 6/08/2016 Komentar

Health Care Corruption as a Taboo Topic Transparency International (TI) defines corruption asAbuse of entrusted power for private gainIn 2006, TI published a report on health care corruption, which asserted that corruption...

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Praluent, the Next Expensive "Game Changer," Blockbuster," "New Hope," - But Not Yet Shown to Benefit Patients

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Praluent, the Next Expensive "Game Changer," Blockbuster," "New Hope," - But Not Yet Shown to Benefit Patients

Unknown 8/06/2015 Komentar

Here we go again.  The same month that it approved Entresto (look here), the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new PCSK9 inhibitor cholesterol lowering agent, alirocumab, immediately marketed as the pricy Praluent...

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Entresto: Blockbuster, or Just Over Hyped? - Whatever, It Will Cost $4500 a Year

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Entresto: Blockbuster, or Just Over Hyped? - Whatever, It Will Cost $4500 a Year

Unknown 7/30/2015 Komentar

The newest drug for congestive heart failure, Entresto, a fixed combination of valsartan and sacubitril, has just hit the market at an elevated price.  Like other drugs recently introduced as blockbusters, the high...

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Two New Independent Reports on the Death of Dan Markingson, But Now What Will Happen?

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Two New Independent Reports on the Death of Dan Markingson, But Now What Will Happen?

Unknown 3/26/2015 Komentar

Years after his death, there is now a little more clarity about the clinical trial in which Dan Markingson was enrolled when he died.  Whether this clarity will have any impact remains to be seen.We most recently posted...

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