What's New on our website?
This page lists the most recent additions to our website including Announcements, recent issues of our International News and AdWatch and:
> Publications by Healthy Skepticism Members
> Publications mentioning Healthy Skepticism
> Publications from around the world relevant to drug promotion
Announcements
PharmedOut’s annual conference: Missing The Target: When Practitioners Harm More Than Heal
No Free Lunch is merging with Healthy Skepticism
Conference program: Pharma Knows Best? Managing Medical Knowledge
Healthy Skepticism Soapbox
: Open letter to Brown University re journal article misrepresenting efficacy and safety of paroxetine
April 2011: Dispute re Ghostwriting
February 2010: Mother Guilty of Murder—Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Innocent
AdWatch
April 2010, USA: Wyeth’s Pristiq® (desvenlafaxine) for major depressive disorder
October 2009, USA: Amylin and Eli Lilly’s Byetta® (exenatide injection) for type 2 diabetes
September 2009, Italy: Lescol (fluvastatin) from Novartis
Publications by Healthy Skepticism Members
Recent publications where at least one of the authors is a Healthy Skepticism member.
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Hagan K
Ethical fears over Pfizer deal with pharmacists
The Sydney Morning Herald 2011 Oct 20
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/ethical-fears-over-pfizer-deal-with-pharmacists-20111019-1m817.html
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Lacasse JR, Leo J
Knowledge of ghostwriting and financial conflicts-of-interest reduces the perceived credibility of biomedical research
BMC Research Notes 2011 Jan 31; 4:27
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/4/27/abstract
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Ramos J
Spotlight on Industry Ties of Health Advocacy Groups
Health Watch 2011 Jan 17
http://healthwatched.org/
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Othman N, Vitry AI, Roughead EE, Ismail SB, Omar K
Medicines information provided by pharmaceutical representatives: a com parative study in Australia and Malaysia.
BMC Public Health 2010 Nov 30; 10:(1):743
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/743
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Spurling GK, Mansfield PR, Montgomery BD, Lexchin J, Doust J, Othman N, Vitry AI
Information from Pharmaceutical Companies and the Quality, Quantity, and Cost of Physicians' Prescribing: A Systematic Review
PLoS Med 2010 Oct 19; 7:(10):
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000352
Publications mentioning Healthy Skepticism
Recent publications mentioning Healthy Skepticism written by non-members.
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Luthra S
U. forgoes action against prof after study fraud
The Brown Daily Herald 2012 Sep 14
http://www.browndailyherald.com/u-forgoes-action-against-prof-after-study-fraud-1.2762909#.UFrj5I51A21
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Henry D
Doctors and Drug Companies: Still Cozy after All These Years
PLoS Med 2010 Nov 2;
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000359
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Blackwell T
Blackwell on Health: Is Pharma influencing doctors’ prescriptions?
National Post 2010 Nov 1
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/11/01/pharmas-influence-on-doctor-prescribing/#ixzz14vJh3YHQ
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Drummond K
Report: Drug Company Money Affects Doctors' Prescriptions
AOL News 2010 Oct 24
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/report-drug-company-cash-affects-doctors-prescriptions/19681712
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Study finds doctors not immune to pharmaceutical promotion
YFile 2010 Oct 21
http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=15726
Publications relevant to drug promotion: published in the last 30 days
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