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Yesterday | KPTV Beaverton

Drug Recalls Reveal More Problems

Are yesterdays miracle cures becoming today's death sentences? When we go to the doctor or ER, we assume the drugs they prescribe have been carefully tested.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Healthcare Law, Law, UC Los Angeles

Sun Jul 05, 2009

BNET

Why Levaquin Mass Tort Ruling May Favor J&J

But there's reason to believe that J&J's lawyers may have pumped their fists in the air upon hearing of the decision.

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Related Topix: J and J Snack Foods, Food, Medicine, Medication

Mon Jun 22, 2009

PR-inside.com

Merck Prices $4.25 Billion Debt Offering

Merck & Co., Inc. priced today a $4.25 billion public offering of senior unsecured notes.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Schering Plough, Medication, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, New York Metro

The Toronto Star

Drug 'reports' found to be faked

From the creation of fake academic journals, to bogus stories submitted to real journals, to falsified results in some of academia's most respected publications a ' the pharmaceutical industry has been rocked by allegations that the world's biggest drug companies put public relations above public safety.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Marketing, Medicine, Medication, Biotech, Merck , Healthcare Industry

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Blog.bioethics.net

Stuart Laidlaw is Going to Get Me [a] Shot from Merck

I couldn't be more pleased that [insert gratuitous but sincere praise:] outstanding Toronto Star writer Stuart Laidlaw has been rigorously following the Merck/Elsevier scandal.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Bloomberg.com

Lilly `Ghostwrote' Articles to Market Zyprexa, Unsealed Case Files Show

Eli Lilly & Co. officials wrote medical journal studies about the antipsychotic Zyprexa and then asked doctors to put their names on the articles, a practice called a oeghostwriting,a according to unsealed company files.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Eli Lilly, Healthcare Industry, University of Minnesota, Marketing, Pfizer, Merck , Medication

Tue Jun 09, 2009

GroundReport.com

Medical Experts Say Natural Remedies For Arthritis May Be Effective

The Institute of Food Technologists asserted new natural treatments may help improve the quality of life for more than 21 million osteoarthritis sufferers, according to new research presented at their annual meeting.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Osteoarthritis, Inflammation, Pain, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, Ibuprofen (generic), Medication

Drugs.com

NicOx Publishes Results of the ZEST Phase 2 Study for Naproxcinod

June 9, 2009. Sophia Antipolis, France-NicOx S.A. today announced the full scientific publication of results from the ZEST phase 2 study for naproxcinod in the June issue of the Journal of Rheumatology1, an international peer-reviewed scientific journal.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Osteoarthritis, Arthritis, Medication

Mon Jun 08, 2009

Institute of Food Technologists

Natural Therapeutic Treatments for Arthritis

New natural treatments may help improve the quality of life for more than 21 million osteoarthritis sufferers, according to new research presented at the 2009 Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Osteoarthritis, Inflammation, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, Ibuprofen (generic), Medication, Bextra, Valdecoxib (generic)

Wed Jun 03, 2009

The Motley Fool

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Johnson and Johnson

Sun May 31, 2009

Business Insurance

Merck case will clarify investor suit time bar

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review a ruling against Merck & Co. Inc. will help policyholders and insurers by resolving a split among appeals courts on time limits in bringing securities fraud lawsuits, brokers and attorneys say.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, US News, US Supreme Court, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Whitehouse Station, NJ, Medication

Fri May 29, 2009

BNET

Why Merck Will Win Its Vioxx Supreme Court Case

Investors allege that Merck committed securities fraud because it hid knowledge that Vioxx was dangerous until September 2004, when it was withdrawn from the market because it caused too many cardiovascular problems in patients.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Pop/Rock, The Supremes

Thu May 28, 2009

The Courier-Journal

Supreme Court to decide on Vioxx suits

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether shareholders can sue Merck over whether the drugmaker provided adequate information about the risks of its former blockbuster painkiller Vioxx before it was pulled from the market.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, US News, US Supreme Court, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Social Software, Automakers, Fiat Spa

Tue May 26, 2009

Charlotte.com

Court to consider whether to allow Vioxx lawsuits

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court will decide whether shareholders can sue pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Biotech, Merck , Healthcare Industry, US News, Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Mon May 25, 2009

BNET

Merck Rep Who Was on 'Survivor' Said of Vioxx: "I Knew Damn Well It Was Dangerous"

A former Vioxx sales rep for Merck who appeared on "Survivor: Gabon" told a reality TV show web site, "Selling drugs is a lie.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Game Show, Survivor, Reality TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Fri May 22, 2009

The Austrailian

Merck's big push on Vioxx revealed

MARKETING documents reveal Australian staff at pharmaceutical giant Merck planned to spend $14.5 million on promotional "tactics" for its anti-arthritis drug Vioxx in one year, including $6 million on free samples.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Marketing, Arthritis, Health

Thu May 21, 2009

News.com.au

Commissioner to probe potential privacy breaches

FEDERAL Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis has been asked to investigate two potential breaches of privacy laws in relation to the sale or re-use of patient medical records for drug marketing purposes.

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Related Topix: Privacy, Marketing, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Medication

Tue May 19, 2009

The Austrailian

Nurses paid to scout for drug firm

AUSTRALIAN marketing staff from pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co paid specialist nurses half-a-million dollars to "hunt" through patient records for potential candidates for their blockbuster anti-arthritis drug Vioxx.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Marketing, Medication

Mon May 18, 2009

WXYZ

Drug Ad Drawbacks

Since the government eased advertising restrictions on the pharmaceutical industry in 1997, billions and billions of dollars have been spent marketing prescription drugs to consumers.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Medicine, Medication

Sat May 16, 2009

WSYR

Drug Ad Drawbacks

Since the government eased advertising restrictions on the pharmaceutical industry in 1997, billions and billions of dollars have been spent marketing prescription drugs to consumers.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Medicine, Medication

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