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Ex-Head of F.D.A. Faces Criminal Inquiry Print E-mail
Saturday, 29 April 2006
The New York Times reports that former FDA Commissioner, Dr. Lester Crawford "is under criminalo investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations of financial improprieties and false statements to Congress."
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Glaxo denies "disease mongering"_Selling Bipolar questioned_PLoS Print E-mail
Friday, 28 April 2006
Under the influence of pharmaceutical companies, physicians anhd drug companies engage in "disease mongering."  Below is a critique of Dr. David Healy’s essay: Dr. Nassir Ghaemi who argues for the legitimacy of bipolar diagnosis.
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Bioethics: Dial 'E' for ethics Print E-mail
Thursday, 27 April 2006

Bbioethicists are seizing the opportunity to expand their own marketability.  The UK publication, NATURE, reports about the latest bioethics gimmick that has sprung up in California-- ‘dial-an-ethicist'—at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.

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India's Outsourced Drug Trials-The Dark Side: BBC Print E-mail
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
A BBC documentary that airs Thursday, April 27 exposes the disregard for the welfare of patients exploited by US pharmaceutical companies that outsource their clinical drug trials to India, the drug industry's current favorite drug testing laboratory.
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What’s wrong with American medicine? Print E-mail
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
The answer given by Dr. Joseph Britto, a pediatric intensive care physician, hits the nail on the head: "Unlike pilots, doctors don't go down with their planes."
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