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HSL12478
Morford M.
RX for Big Pharma - heal thyself. Hey, try this pill.
SF Chronicle 2008 Jan 18
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/01/18/DDPSUGK9N.DTL

HSL12489
Treerutkuarkul A.
Activists want panel's Aluvia decision reviewed
Bangkok Post 2008 Jan 18

HSL12522
Mansell P.
Vytorin woes continue as US probes advertising
PharmaTimes 2008 Jan 18
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=12670&src=EWorldNews

HSL12543
Treerutkuarkul A.
Activists want panel's decision on Aluvia drug reviewed
Bangkok Post 2008 Jan 18
http://www.bangkokpost.com/180108_News/18Jan2008_news11.php

HSL12546
Trials and Tribulations
On The Media 2008 Jan 18
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/01/18/06

HSL12587
Goff SL, Mazor KM, Meterko V, Dodd K, Sabin J.
Patients' Beliefs and Preferences Regarding Doctors' Medication Recommendations.
J Gen Intern Med 2008 Jan 18;
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r187028538726163/

HSL12613
Pollack A.
New Jersey Investigating Amgen’s Marketing of a Psoriasis Drug
The New York Times 2008 Jan 18
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/business/18amgen.html

HSL12628
Jack A.
Measures to limit drug marketing questioned
The Financial Times 2008 Jan 18
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/651a9192-c536-11dc-811a-0000779fd2ac.html

HSL12712
NLARx/Prescription Project
NLARx/Prescription Project Model Drug and Device Gift Ban and Disclosure Act
: NLARx 2008 Jan 18
http://www.reducedrugprices.org/read.asp?news=823

HSL12428
Turner EH.
Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials and Its Influence on Apparent Efficacy
NEJM 2008 Jan 17;358:(3):252-260
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/358/3/252

HSL12431
Armstrong D, Winstein KJ.
Antidepressants Under Scrutiny Over Efficacy: Sweeping Overview Suggests Suppression of Negative Data Has Distorted View of Drugs
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Jan 17
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120051950205895415.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

HSL12432
Tosh M.
DTC Insights' Alert:FDA Cancels Pre-Review Program
DTC Perspectives 2008 Jan 17
http://www.dtcperspectives.com/article/DTC-Insights+em+-Alert+dots+FDA-Cancels-Pre~Review-Program/43.html

HSL12433
Bowie C.
Damning new report says branded medicines are overprescribed
PharmaTimes 2008 Jan 17
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=12655&src=EWorldNews

HSL12434
House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts
Department of Health: Prescribing costs in primary care
London: House of Commons 2008 Jan 17
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmpubacc/173/173.pdf

HSL12441
Schuman J.
New Suspicions For Big Pharma
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Jan 17
http://online.wsj.com/article/the_morning_brief.html

HSL12442
Carey J
Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?
Business Week 2008 Jan 17
http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/08_04/b4068052092994.htm

HSL12454
Waters R.
Antidepressant Studies More Likely to Get Published If Positive
Bloomberg.com 2008 Jan 17
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYbGr9ma0J9E&refer=us

HSL12455
Winslow R.
Cutting Through the Confusion Over Vytorin: Despite Negative Study, Doctors Say Drug Remains An Option to Fight Cholesterol
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Jan 17
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120052963183895929.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=yahoo

HSL12458
White A.
Pfizer Among Firms EU Antitrust Officials Probe Over New Drugs, Competition
TheDay.com 2008 Jan 17
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=f2d84b32-f10f-4906-8af2-df365a7b94ec

HSL12459
Cecil MP.
2 Sources of Trouble for Vytorin
The Motley Fool 2008 Jan 17
http://www.fool.com/investing/international/2008/01/17/two-sources-of-trouble-for-vytorin.aspx

HSL12460
Murphy T.
Drug Makers Make Name Games Big Business: Drug Brand Search Extends to Far Reaches of Alphabet
Associated Press 2008 Jan 17
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080117/drug_name_game.html?.v=1

HSL12461
Sector Snap: Antidepressant Makers Fall
Forbes.com 2008 Jan 17
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/17/ap4545826.html

HSL12464
Fox News Big Story with Doug Kennedy on Big Pharma's Lie
Fox News 2008 Jan 17
http://youtube.com/watch?v=U2Sd73DQ2J0

HSL12465
Busko M.
FDA Warnings Did Not Herald Closer Pediatric SSRI Supervision or Drastic Drop in Prescribing
Medscape Medical News 2008 Jan 17
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568909?src=mpnews

HSL12466
Busko M.
Study Identifies Bias in Favor of Publishing Positive Antidepressant Trials
Medscape Medical News 2008 Jan 17
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568939?src=mpnews

HSL12469
Gold J.
NJ subpoenas Amgen records on marketing Enbrel
Newsday 2008 Jan 17
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--amgen-patientpriv0117jan17,0,7264292.story

HSL12472
Congress Launches Investigation Of Advertising For Cholesterol Drug Vytorin
FinancialWire 2008 Jan 17
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/01/17/3215469.htm

HSL12475
Carey B.
Antidepressant Studies Unpublished: Eli Lilly, manufacturer of Prozac, was among those criticized.
The New York Times 2008 Jan 17
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/health/17depress.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

HSL12490
Cough, cold medicine too dangerous for toddlers, U.S. FDA rules
CBC News 2008 Jan 17
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/01/17/cold-medicine.html

HSL12504
Carey B.
Researchers Find a Bias Toward Upbeat Findings on Antidepressants
The New York Times 2008 Jan 17
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/health/16cnd-depress.html?_r=2&ref=health&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

HSL12589
Bachmann CS, Berg EA, Spigset O, Slørdal L.
[Benzodiazepine-like hypnotics - attitudes and prescription practice among general practioners.]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2008 Jan 17;128:(2):166-70
http://www.tidsskriftet.no/index.php?vp_SEKS_ID=1641672

HSL12789
Roland PC.
[Patients, patents and profits].
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2008 Jan 17;128:(2):205
http://www.tidsskriftet.no/index.php?vp_SEKS_ID=1645080

HSL13038
Abbott A.
Novartis Foundation to close its doors.
Nature 2008 Jan 17;451:(7176):233
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080116/full/451233a.html

HSL13039
.
Philanthropy needed.
Nature. 2008 Jan 17;451:(7176):224
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/451224a

HSL12435
Newman M, Kelley T.
Glaxo, AstraZeneca, Other Drugmakers Probed by EU
Bloomberg.com 2008 Jan 16
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aK40RRK8h_n8&refer=worldwide

HSL12436
Youmans J.
Anxious Times: Big pharma clouds what it means to be sick
Monday Publications 2008 Jan 16
http://www.mondaymag.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=117&cat=23&id=1139109&more=0

HSL12440
Castle S, Kanter J.
European antitrust regulators raid drug companies
International Herald Tribune 2008 Jan 16
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/16/business/drug.php

HSL12450
Maglio DJ.
A Drugged Nation Is Not Healthy
Hernando Today 2008 Jan 16
http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2008/jan/16/drugged-nation-not-healthy/

HSL12452
McKean K.
Trouble sleeping? Try this ad...
ConsumerReports.org 2008 Jan 16
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2008/01/rozerem-cr-adwa.html

HSL12453
Antipsychotic Drugs For Depression?
Health Care Renewal 2008 Jan 16
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2008/01/antipsychotic-drugs-for-depression.html

HSL12456
Reps. Dingell, Stupak Raise Concerns, Questions on Enhance Trial: Call on Merck, Schering-Plough and FDA to Provide Information
PharmaLive 2008 Jan 16
http://www.pharmalive.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=506667&categoryid=10

HSL12457
Pettypiece S.
Schering-Plough, Merck Probed Over Ads for Vytorin
Bloomberg.com 2008 Jan 16
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a7OG9SnYNm7w&refer=home

HSL12467
Berkrot B.
Merck confident will meet Vioxx settlement goals
Rueters 2008 Jan 16
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSN1655298220080116

HSL12474
Canon Communications to Launch New Event for Drug and Medical Device Marketing
PharmaLive 2008 Jan 16
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=506464&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL12476
Schmidt MS.
Baseball Is Challenged on Rise in Stimulant Use
The New York Times 2008 Jan 16
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/sports/baseball/16stimulant.html

HSL12483
Lawsky D, Hirschler B.
EU Raids Drug Companies
Reuters 2008 Jan 16
http://uk.reuters.com/article/stocksAndSharesNews/idUKGRI64319720080116?feedType=RSS&feedName=stocksAndSharesNews

HSL12485
Drugs for children? Prescriptions of anti-psychotics troubling
Daytona Beach News Journal 2008 Jan 16
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/opnOPN28011608.htm

HSL12506
McIlroy A.
Antidepressants don't work as well as reported, study says
The Globe and Mail 2008 Jan 16
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080116.wpharma1701/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

HSL12507
Forelle C.
EU Probes Pharmaceutical Industry On Dwindling New Patents, Drugs
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Jan 16
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120048256196094295.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

HSL12509
Both sides predict success of $4.85b Vioxx settlement
Associated Press 2008 Jan 16
http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2008/01/16/both_sides_predict_success_of_485b_vioxx_settlement/

HSL12713
Rosenberg M.
Big Pharma's Push to Drug Children: Dr. David Healy Interview
The Epoch Times 2008 Jan 16
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-1-16/64187.html

HSL12416
O'Neil P.
Ethics guidelines for clinical trials to be revised
CMAJ 2008 Jan 15;
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/178/2/138

HSL12420
Court Declines Experimental Drugs Case
Associated Press 2008 Jan 15
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5nS_CMHbmFZG5INFP4JKA7U4a1wD8U5O4381

HSL12422
Berenson A.
Study Reveals Doubt on Drug for Cholesterol
The New York Times 2008 Jan 15
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/business/15drug.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&ref=business&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

HSL12425
Voreacos D, Davidson LV.
Merck Claim Deadline for $4.85 Billion Vioxx Accord Is Today
Bloomberg 2008 Jan 15
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=abZjdiUXQ2Zk&refer=healthcare

HSL12426
Herper M.
What's Next For Vytorin?
Forbes.com 2008 Jan 15
http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/14/enhance-merck-schering-biz-healthcare-cx_mh_0115bizenhance.html?partner=yahootix

HSL12427
Big Pharma and Generic Drugs
Johns Hopkins Health Alerts 2008 Jan 15
http://www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com/alerts/prescription_drugs/JohnsHopkinsPrescriptionDrugsHealthAlert_1794-1.html

HSL12429
Gram D.
Facing lawsuit, state revisited prescription drug data law
The Boston Globe 2008 Jan 15
http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/01/15/facing_lawsuit_state_revisited_prescription_drug_data_law/

HSL12430
Average Cost per Primary Care Pharmaceutical Sales Rep Approaches $175,000
Marketwire 2008 Jan 15
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=810290&sourceType=3

HSL12484
ACC Statement on Enhance Trial - Don’t panic and talk with your physician
PharmaLive 2008 Jan 15
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=506224&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL12486
Boodman SG.
'Lobotomist' Serves as a Warning: Documentary Shows Damage Done When Medicine Goes Awry
The Washingtion Post 2008 Jan 15
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011401484.html

HSL12487
Weissman R.
Big Business Is Even More Unpopular Than You Think
Multinational Monitor 2008 Jan 15
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog/

HSL12488
Taylor L.
US Rx drug spending in 2006: fastest rise in six years
PharmaTimes 2008 Jan 15
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=12626&src=EWorldNews

HSL12510
Johnson LA.
Vioxx Claimants Signing Up at the Wire
Yahoo Finance 2008 Jan 15
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080115/vioxx_settlement.html?.v=1

HSL12523
Kertesz S.
Get drug firms out of drug approval
Marketplace 2008 Jan 15
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/15/kertesz_commentary

HSL12609
Pfizer moves away from centralised online med ed applications
PMLive 2008 Jan 15
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6425

HSL12829
Taylor L.
FDA “failures allowing criminals into drug approval process”
PharmaTimes 2008 Jan 15
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=12872&src=EWorldNews

HSL17451
Frankston Lorin J, Lauerman J
Harvard Medical School to Review Drug Research Ethics (Update1)
Bloomberg News 2008 Jan 15
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aD6RpDNyYKko&refer=us

HSL12415
Berenson A.
Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
The New York Times 2008 Jan 14
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/health/14pain.html?_r=1&incamp=article_popular_5&oref=slogin

HSL12419
Krauskopf L, Caney D.
Schering, Merck cholesterol drug misses goal
Reuters 2008 Jan 14
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSN1457434220080114

HSL12421
Drug Companies, FDA Lagged in Warning Public About Zetia, Vytorin
Public Citizen 2008 Jan 14
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2586

HSL12424
Berenson A.
Drug Has No Benefit in Trial, Makers Say
The New York Times 2008 Jan 14
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/business/14cnd-drug.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

HSL12538
Plassmann H, O'Doherty J, Shiv B, Rangel A.
Marketing actions can modulate neural representations of experienced pleasantness.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Jan 14;
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/105/3/1050

HSL13642
Elliott C.
Samples
Bioethics Forum 2008 Jan 14
http://www.bioethicsforum.org/drug-samples.asp

HSL12362
Collier J.
Parliamentary review asks NICE to do better still.
BMJ 2008 Jan 12;336:(7635):56-7
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7635/56?etoc

HSL12363
Noble JH Jr.
Delve deeper to find the links.
BMJ 2008 Jan 12;336:(7635):59
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7635/59

HSL12364
Chester MR.
Consider palliative coronary intervention.
BMJ 2008 Jan 12;336:(7635):59
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7635/59-a

HSL12365
Grol R, Berwick DM, Wensing M.
On the trail of quality and safety in health care.
BMJ 2008 Jan 12;336:(7635):74-6
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7635/74?etoc

HSL12410
Cresswell A.
Alternative medicines may face scrutiny
The Australian 2008 Jan 12
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23035005-23289,00.html

HSL12571
Spence D.
The treatment paradox.
BMJ 2008 Jan 12;336:(7635):100
http://www.bmj.com.proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi/content/full/336/7635/100

HSL13160
Kramers C, Wuis E, Schouwenberg B.
[The influence of the pharmaceutical industry on treatment guidelines].
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2008 Jan 12;152:(2):114
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18265803

HSL12372
Herper M.
Inside Schering And Merck's Secret Panel
Forbes.com 2008 Jan 11
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/01/10/merck-schering-vytorin-biz-cx_mh_0111enhance.html

HSL12373
Germany: Regulator Issues Pharma Fines
Namnews 2008 Jan 11
http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/asp/newsarticle.asp?newsid=38392

HSL12397
Nigeria Judge Grants Bail to Pfizer Defendant
Therapeutics Daily 2008 Jan 11
http://www.therapeuticsdaily.com/news/article.cfm?contentValue=1676001&contentType=sentryarticle&channelID=33

HSL12423
Victoria drug policy critic takes on health care crisis with a dose of unconventional medicine
Emdash Publishing 2008 Jan 11
www.emdash.ca

HSL12468
Pierson R.
Merck signs deal for Fosamax authorized generic
Reuters 2008 Jan 11
http://www.reuters.com/article/health-SP/idUSN1129907720080114?sp=true

HSL12470
Silverman E.
US Senator Wants To Probe FDA Fast Track Program
Pharmalot 2008 Jan 11
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/us-senator-wants-to-probe-fda-fast-track-program/

HSL12481
Smith R.
Stop giving antibiotics for colds, doctors told
The Daily Telegraph 2008 Jan 11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/09/nbiotic109.xml

HSL12482
Nigerian court grants arrested Pfizer staff bail: judge
Agence France Presse 2008 Jan 11
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080111/wl_africa_afp/nigeriausdrugcourt_080111184745

HSL12297
Moewe MC.
Florida undecided as states sue over costly drug program
Daytona Beach News-Journal 2008 Jan 10
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD02011008.htm

HSL12298
Silverman E.
DC Councilman: Why Reps Should Be Licensed
Pharmalot 2008 Jan 10
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/01/dc-councilman-why-reps-should-be-licensed/

HSL12341
Cordileone E.
Is there a replacement for HRT? Bioidenticals promise to help. But do they? And are they safe?
The Star 2008 Jan 10
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/292539

HSL12343
Pfizer's Celebrex gets break in court
New Jersey Business News 2008 Jan 10
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2008/01/pzizers_celebrex_gets_break_in.html

HSL12348
Selling in an increasingly complex pharma environment
eyeforpharma.com 2008 Jan 10
http://social.eyeforpharma.com/node/1828

HSL12366
Grogan K.
GSK says UK lawsuit on Seroxat is without merit
PharmaTimes 2008 Jan 10
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=12597&src=EWorldNews

HSL12367
Judge Calls Celebrex Evidence Unreliable
Therapeutics Daily 2008 Jan 10
http://www.therapeuticsdaily.com/news/article.cfm?contentValue=1671101&contentType=sentryarticle&channelID=33

HSL12369
Hirschler B.
UK Lawmakers Want Tougher, Faster Drug Appraisals
Therapeutics Daily 2008 Jan 10
http://www.therapeuticsdaily.com/news/article.cfm?contentValue=1671271&contentType=sentryarticle&channelID=33

HSL12370
Weissman R.
The First Amendment Gone Wild: Big Pharma's 'Right' to Find Out What Doctors Are Prescribing
Multinational Moniters Editor's Blog 2008 Jan 10
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog/

HSL12390
Marek AC.
Peddling Pills
SmartMoney Magazine 2008 Jan 10
http://www.smartmoney.com/mag/index.cfm?story=february2008peddlingpills

HSL12391
Goldstein J.
Merck’s Vioxx Settlement Could Hit ‘Land Mines’
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Jan 10
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/01/10/mercks-vioxx-settlement-could-hit-land-mines/?mod=yahoo_hs

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