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HSL12943
Perrone M.
FDA to monitor use of prescription drugs by doctors, patients in shift from pre-approval focus
MSNBC 2008 Feb 26
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23359633/

HSL12956
Vamvakopoulos JE, Kountouri M, Marshall T, Greenfield SM.
Lifestyle or Life-Saving Medicines: A Primary Healthcare Professional and Consumer Opinion Survey on Over-the-Counter Statins (March).
Ann Pharmacother 2008 Feb 26;
http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/full/42/3/413

HSL12988
Antidepressant study's findings 'not surprising'
ABC News 2008 Feb 26
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/26/2173439.htm?section=justin

HSL13089
Wilde Mathews A.
FDA Unveils Plan to Boost Oversight FDA Unveils Plan to Boost Oversight
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Feb 26
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120405750657094407.html?mod=rss_Health

HSL13090
Hensley S.
Jarvik: My Credibility Was Justified and Fairly Represented
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Feb 26
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/02/26/jarvik-credibility-as-heart-expert-is-justified-and-fairly-represented-in-ad/?mod=yahoo_hs

HSL13091
Goldstein J.
Do Antidepressants Work Better Than Placebos?
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Feb 26
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/02/26/do-antidepressants-work-better-than-placebos/

HSL13095
New debate into the efficacy of antidepressants
PM Live 2008 Feb 26
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6522

HSL13354
Harris G.
Court Considers Protecting Drug Makers From Lawsuits
New York Times 2008 Feb 26
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/washington/26drug.html?ex=1361682000&en=754f1b0bee6c11b6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

HSL12991
Parker-Pope T.
‘Saturday Night Live’ Takes On Drug Ads
The New York Times 2008 Feb 25
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/saturday-night-live-takes-on-drug-ads/

HSL12992
A line between docs and drugs
Boston Globe 2008 Feb 25
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008

HSL12994
Pfizer Voluntarily Withdraws Lipitor Advertising Featuring Dr. Robert Jarvik
PharmaLive 2008 Feb 25
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=517933&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL12997
NJ Legislator: Probe Antipsychotics, Kids & Medicaid
Pharmalot 2008 Feb 25
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/02/nj-legislator-probe-antipsychotics-kids-medicaid/

HSL12998
Jack A.
Roche to face probe over sales of slimming pill
The Finanical Times 2008 Feb 25
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61dd4e7a-e345-11dc-803f-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

HSL12999
Cohen R.
Dark side of pill to help smokers kick habit
The New Jersey Star Ledger 2008 Feb 25
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2008/02/dark_side_of_pill_to_help_smok.html

HSL13176
Health protection in Canada under threat, says expert witness in Charter challenge on prescription drug advertising
Women and Health Protection/Canadian Women’s Health Network 2008 Feb 25
http://www.whp-apsf.ca/en/press/pr-abramson.htm

HSL13207
Richwine L.
Pfizer Pulls Lipitor Ads With Heart Expert Jarvik
Reuters 2008 Feb 25
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080226/tv_nm/telvision_jarvik_dc

HSL12987
Moynihan R.
Paying the medical piper
ABC Background Briefing 2008 Feb 24
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2008/2166307.htm#transcript

HSL12995
Schmit J.
Drug ads to get more FDA scrutiny
USA Today 2008 Feb 24
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/drugs/2008-02-24-drug-ads_N.htm?csp=34

HSL12996
Leibowitz J.
This Pill Not To Be Taken With Competition: How Collusion Is Keeping Generic Drugs Off the Shelves
The Washington Post 2008 Feb 24
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/24/AR2008022401669.html

HSL12897
Sidley P.
South African drug companies are found guilty of price fixing
BMJ 2008 Feb 23; 336:(7641):413
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7641/413-c?etoc

HSL12898
Moynihan R.
Doctors’ education: the invisible influence of drug company sponsorship
BMJ 2008 Feb 23; 336:(7641):416-417
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7641/416?etoc

HSL12899
Jack A.
Balancing Big Pharma’s books
BMJ 2008 Feb 23; 336:(7641):418
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7641/418?etoc

HSL13023
Moynihan R.
Prescription for bad judgment
The Australian 2008 Feb 23
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23259342-23289,00.html

HSL12896
Moynihan R.
Health seminars spruik drug firms
The Australian 2008 Feb 22
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23255729-2702,00.html

HSL12900
Arnold P.
Trumped by Big Pharma
Crikey.com.au 2008 Feb 22
http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20080222-Trumped-by-Big-Pharma.xml

HSL12901
Woodhead N.
Education: or is it marketing?
6minutes 2008 Feb 221
http://www.6minutes.com.au/dirplus/images/6minutes/newspluspharma/22_02_2008.pdf

HSL12905
Johnson CS.
State AG sues two drug companies
The Independent Record 2008 Feb 22
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/02/22/top/80st_080222_mcgrathpharma.txt

HSL12906
Lentini NM.
Bees, Lincoln And Beavers Sell Drugs, Research Firm Finds
Marketing Daily 2008 Feb 22
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=76994&Nid=39626&p=448587

HSL12912
Pharmaceutical Companies Continue To Raise Prescription Drug Prices Despite Presidential Candidates' Criticism Of Industry
Medical News Today 2008 Feb 22
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/98208.php

HSL12931
Direct-to-Consumer Communication by pharmaceutical companies: European Commission pushes ahead despite Civil Society's opposition
Medicines in Europe Forum, HAI Europe 2008 Feb 22

HSL12966
Morgan S, McMahon M, Greyson D.
Balancing health and industrial policy objectives in the pharmaceutical sector: Lessons from Australia.
Health Policy. 2008 Feb 22; 87:(2):133-145
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168-8510(08)00010-9

HSL12990
Damouni S, Czobor K.
Merck's Gardasil vaccine encounters skepticism from some physicians
The Financial Times 2008 Feb 22
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/728046c4-e15b-11dc-a302-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=e847

HSL12993
Hepeng J.
Scientists aid arrest of fake drug producers
SciDev.Net. 2008 Feb 22
http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=4251&language=1

HSL13002
Woodhead M.
Medical education blasted
6minutes (Australia) 2008 Feb 22
http://web.archive.org/web/20101027142731/http://6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=145942

HSL13021
Brody H.
Support DTCA Because It Leads to Bad Medicine?
Hooked: Ethics, Medicine and Pharma 2008 Feb 22
http://brodyhooked.blogspot.com/2008/02/support-dtca-because-it-leads-to-bad.html

HSL13022
AstraZeneca to appeal US Medicaid court ruling
PM Live 2008 Feb 22
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6514

HSL13136
Damouni S, Czobor K.
Merck’s Gardasil vaccine encounters skepticism from some physicians regarding
Financial Times 2008 Feb 22
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/728046c4-e15b-11dc-a302-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html

HSL12891
Perrone M.
Drug Trade Group Spent $22M Lobbying
Yahoo Finance 2008 Feb 21
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080221/drug_industry_lobbying.html?.v=1

HSL12893
Won Tesoriero H.
Drug Prices Surge Despite Criticisms On Campaign Trail
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Feb 21
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120355185318681367-email.html

HSL12894
Harris G.
Justices Add Legal Complications to Debate on F.D.A.’s Competence
The New York Times 2008 Feb 21
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/washington/21fda.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

HSL12903
Soldz S.
Drug company Pfizer attcks integrity of journal review process
Psyche, Science and Society 2008 Feb 21
http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2008/02/21/drug-company-pfizer-attcks-integrity-of-journal-review-process/

HSL12904
BMJ: Investigation Reveals 'Invisible Influence' of Sponsors in Medical Education
PharmaLive 2008 Feb 21
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=517335&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL12907
Fried RG.
Wonder drugs
Philadelphia Inquirer 2008 Feb 21
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080221_Letters_to_the_Editor.html

HSL12889
Pfizer Foundation gives out tobacco control grants
PharmaTimes 2008 Feb 20
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/stories/2007/2108059.htm

HSL12890
Simons J.
Crackdown on Big Pharma
CNN Money.com 2008 Feb 20
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/19/news/companies/generics_patent_settlements.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008022005

HSL12892
Anderson T.
India Considers Compulsory Licenses For Exportation Of Drugs
Intellectual Property Watch 2008 Feb 20
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=933

HSL12908
Taylor L.
Japan settles for modest changes to pharma pricing system
PharmaTimes 2008 Feb 20
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=12912&src=EWorldNews

HSL12950
Biskupic J.
Court reins in states' reach on health issues
USA Today 2008 Feb 20
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2008-02-20-medical-device-suits_N.htm

HSL13020
Stout D.
Justices Make It Tougher to Sue Medical Device Makers
The New York Times 2008 Feb 20
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/washington/20cnd-device.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

HSL13033
Mahar M.
The Cholesterol Con - Where Were the Doctors? Part I
Health Beat 2008 Feb 20
http://www.healthbeatblog.org/2008/02/the-cholesterol.html

HSL13375
Magnusson PA.
[Drug industry's misuse of patents must be prevented].
Lakartidningen. 2008 Feb 20-26; 105:(8):555
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18363299

HSL12885
European citizens swallow bitter pill: New drugs approved for EU market tested in unethical trials
WEMOS 2008 Feb 19

HSL12886
Taylor L.
Thai drug policy legal, says WTO, but govt may abandon it
PharmaTimes 2008 Feb 19
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=12899&src=EWorldNews

HSL12887
Goldstein J.
Amgen Compares Roche to ‘Snake-Oil Salesman’
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Feb 19
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/02/19/amgen-compares-roche-to-snake-oil-salesman/

HSL12911
European citizens take bitter pill
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and the Wemos Foundation 2008 Feb 19
http://www.somo.nl/index_eng.php

HSL12913
Stebbing J, Wood C, Atkins M, Bukowski R, Litwin S, Bower M, Parsa A, Levitsky H.
Cancer vaccines: Clinical development challenges and proposed regulatory approaches for patient access to promising treatments.
Cancer 2008 Feb 19; 112:(5):955-961
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18286505

HSL12951
Cohen P.
Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers
New York Times 2008 Feb 19
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/us/19suicide.html?sq=suicide&st=nyt&scp=2&pagewanted=print

HSL12952
Carey B.
Reports of Gunman's Use of Antidepressant Renew Debate Over Side Effects
New York Times 2008 Feb 19
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/us/19depress.html

HSL12953
Baycol: BAYER must pay damages for the first time
Coalition Against BAYER Dangers (Germany) 2008 Feb 19
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/2352.html

HSL12963
Gommans J, McIntosh P, Bee S, Allan W.
Improving the quality of written prescriptions in a general hospital: the influence of 10 years of serial audits and targeted interventions.
Intern Med J. 2008 Feb 19;
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imj//?cookieSet=1

HSL13366
Rush C.
Mystery ads have T.O. town a-talkin'
Toronto Star 2008 Feb 19
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/304963

HSL12873
Safeguard Patients from Persuasive Direct to Consumer Advertising of Medicines - AMA
Australian Medical Association 2008 Feb 18
http://www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/doc/WEEN-7BX3NG

HSL12883
FDA guidance for off-label use criticised
PharmaTimes 2008 Feb 18
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=12884&src=EWorldNews

HSL12888
Beck M.
Doctors suggest link between statins, memory loss
The Daily Herald 2008 Feb 18
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=135698&src=120

HSL12902
Aitken P.
Health Professionals need new skills to critically appraise marketing programmes
PLoS Medicine 2008 Feb 18
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=read-response&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050005#r2105

HSL13029
Ritchie J.
UC Medical College sets conflict-of-interest guidelines
Business Courier of Cincinnati 2008 Feb 18
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/02/18/daily46.html

HSL12821
Researcher: FDA Was Too Slow On Trasylol: Tells 60 Minutes He Estimates 22,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved
CBS News 60 Minutes 2008 Feb 17
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/14/60minutes/main3831900.shtml

HSL12867
Stark K.
Tarnished View of Wonder Drugs
Philadelphia Inquirer 2008 Feb 17
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20080217_Tarnished_View_of_Wonder_Drugs.html

HSL12954
Pelley S.
One Thousand Lives A Month
CBS-- 60 MINUTES 2008 Feb 17
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/14/60minutes/main3831900.shtml

HSL12989
Kirkey S.
Sadness can be creative, author says: Don't worry, be unhappy
Ottawa Citizen 2008 Feb 17
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=f08a6ba3-9391-42d5-9a7e-2d9f3f955d7b

HSL12836
Pierson R.
22,000 died amid delayed Bayer drug recall: doctor
Reuters 2008 Feb 16
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1450916820080215?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

HSL12857
Mack J.
Pens Put Brands in Docs' Brains and Profit in Pharma's Pockets
Pharma Marketing Blog 2008 Feb 16
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2008/02/pens-put-brands-in-docs-brains-and.html

HSL12862
Groves T.
Stronger European medical research.
BMJ 2008 Feb 16; 336:(7640):341-342
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7640/341?etoc

HSL12863
Stanton R.
Put declaration in abstracts.
BMJ 2008 Feb 16; 336:(7640):345
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7640/345-d?etoc

HSL12864
Spurgeon D.
Commercialisation of health care in US distorts resource allocation, expert says.
BMJ 2008 Feb 16; 336:(7640):349
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7640/349?etoc

HSL12865
Day M.
Industry's push to woo nurse prescribers has been at 'expense of nursing integrity'
BMJ 2008 Feb 16; 336:(7640):352
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7640/352-a?etoc

HSL12866
Bell KJ, Irwig L, Craig JC, Macaskill P.
Use of randomised trials to decide when to monitor response to new treatment.
BMJ 2008 Feb 16; 336:(7640):361-365
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7640/361?etoc

HSL12955
Harris G.
F.D.A. Seeks to Broaden Range of Use for Drugs
New York Times 2008 Feb 16
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/business/16drug.html

HSL13026
Bogdanich W, Hooker J.
China Didn’t Check Drug Supplier, Files Show
The New York Times 2008 Feb 16
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/us/16baxter.html?ref=asia

HSL13253
Stanton R.
Drug company payments: Put declaration in abstracts.
BMJ 2008 Feb 16; 336:(7640):345
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7640/345-d

HSL12828
Goldstein J.
CVS Caremark Settles Prescription Switching Probe
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Feb 15
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/02/15/cvs-caremark-settles-prescription-switching-probe/trackback/

HSL12830
Silverman E.
FDA Issues New Rules For Journal Reprints
PharmaLot 2008 Feb 15
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/02/fda-issues-new-rules-for-journal-reprints/

HSL12831
FDA Proposes Guidance for Dissemination of Information on Unapproved Uses of Medical Products
FDA News 2008 Feb 15
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01798.html

HSL12840
Wolfe S.
FDA Proposal on the Promotion of Off-Label Uses Highlights Drug Agency’s Recklessness
Public Citizen 2008 Feb 15
www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2610

HSL12844
Weissman R.
Industry Executives Finding Value in Shift of Scientific Publications
PRNewswire 2008 Feb 15

HSL12860
Perrone M.
FDA to guide off-label drug marketing
BusinessWeek 2008 Feb 15
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8UR0T880.htm

HSL12877
Dixon K.
FDA would let drug makers tip doctors to other uses
Yahoo Finance 2008 Feb 15
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080215/hl_nm/fda_marketing_dc;_ylt=AhP1dDTXpXD6O6wRgWz8CG4R.3QA

HSL12817
Loewenberg S.
Dems ready for revenge on drug companies
Politico 2008 Feb 14
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8512.html

HSL12822
Picard A.
'Sensible' assumptions put public at risk: Without proper medical research, prescription drugs can do more harm than good
Globe and Mail 2008 Feb 14
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080214.LPICARD14/TPStory/specialScienceandHealth/columnists

HSL12823
Goldstein J.
Cephalon Marketing Settlement Weighs on Provigil
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Feb 14
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/02/14/cephalon-marketing-settlement-weighs-on-provigil/

HSL12824
NV Judge to Decide if Wyeth to Pay $134M
Yahoo Finance 2008 Feb 14
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080214/prempro_trial.html?.v=1

HSL12825
Thomas K.
Stupak calls for FDA resignation
San Jose Mercury News 2008 Feb 14
http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_8263093

HSL12826
Baxter International Shares Decline
Yahoo Finance 2008 Feb 14
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080214/baxter_out_of_the_gate.html?.v=2

HSL12827
Hirst J.
Animal insulin still available
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust 2008 Feb 14

HSL12832
Does parallel trade make Europe safer?
PM Live 2008 Feb 14
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6479

HSL12833
Authorised and branded generics set to rise by 2010
PM Live 2008 Feb 14
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6480

HSL12834
Online pharma market research continues to increase
PM Live 2008 Feb 14
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6481

HSL12835
'Suicide rating' on the cards for new drugs
PM Live 2008 Feb 14
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6482

HSL12847
Keilthy P.
‘Superdrug’ advice is changed after tragic death
Camden New Journal 2008 Feb 14
http://www.thecnj.co.uk/camden/2008/021408/news021408_09.html

HSL12895
Warner J.
Overselling Overmedication
The New York Times 2008 Feb 14
http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/overselling-overmedication/

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Cases of wilful misrepresentation are a rarity in medical advertising. For every advertisement in which nonexistent doctors are called on to testify or deliberately irrelevant references are bunched up in [fine print], you will find a hundred or more whose greatest offenses are unquestioning enthusiasm and the skill to communicate it.

The best defence the physician can muster against this kind of advertising is a healthy skepticism and a willingness, not always apparent in the past, to do his homework. He must cultivate a flair for spotting the logical loophole, the invalid clinical trial, the unreliable or meaningless testimonial, the unneeded improvement and the unlikely claim. Above all, he must develop greater resistance to the lure of the fashionable and the new.
- Pierre R. Garai (advertising executive) 1963