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HSL17305
Philippines to Lower Prices on More Medicines
Pharma Live 2010 Feb 26
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=687591

HSL17307
Kelland K
Pharma desire for 'female Viagra' excites passion
Reuters 2010 Feb 26
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLNE61P01520100226

HSL17308
Hirschler B
Call for UK to ditch Astra's Nexium, other drugs
Reuters 2010 Feb 26
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE61O0EW20100226

HSL17309
Edwards J
Heart Association Finds Drug Risks 'Inconclusive' After Taking $3.6M From Its Maker Glaxo
BNet 2010 Feb 26
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006920/american-heart-association-finds-avandia-cardiac-risk-inconclusive-after-taking-36m-from-its-maker-glaxosmithkline/

HSL17310
Edwards J
WebMD Caves on Rigged Depression Test: Not Everyone Is Suicidal, Apparently
BNet 2010 Feb 26
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006916/webmd-caves-on-rigged-depression-test-not-everyone-is-suicidal-apparently/

HSL17312
Goldacre B
Homeopathy doesn't work. But are the claims for other medicines any better?
The Guardian 2010 Feb 26
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/26/bad-science-homeopathy-trials-drugs

HSL17318
Eichler HG, Bloechl-Daum B, Abadie E, Barnett D, König F, Pearson S.
Relative efficacy of drugs: an emerging issue between regulatory agencies and third-party payers.
Nat Rev Drug Discov 2010 Feb 26;
http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nrd3079.html

HSL17328
Noguchi S
County files lawsuit against drug giant over diabetes medication
Mercury News 2010 Feb 26
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14479557?nclick_check=1

HSL17329
Marek L
7th Circuit Finds Paxil Manufacturer Didn't Meet Burden to Pre-empt
The National Law Journal 2010 02 26
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202444598749

HSL17332
Loftus P
DOJ conducts criminal probe of Pfizer unit's drug marketing
Market Watch 2010 Feb 26
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/doj-conducts-criminal-probe-of-pfizer-units-drug-marketing-2010-02-26

HSL17281
Lo B
Serving Two Masters — Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medicine
NEJM 2010 Feb 25;362:(8):669-671
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/362/8/669

HSL17297
Rockoff JD
Trusting Other Patients' Drug Advice
The Wall Street Journal 2010 Feb 25
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703510204575085690538393342.html

HSL17299
Rockoff JD
Why That Guy on TV Touting Lipitor Could Be Your Neighbor
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2010 Feb 25
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/02/25/why-that-guy-on-tv-touting-lipitor-could-be-your-neighbor/

HSL17303
Comer B
Prescriber data law in Maine headed for federal court
Medical Marketing & Media 2010 Feb 25
http://www.mmm-online.com/prescriber-data-law-in-maine-headed-for-federal-court/article/164522/

HSL17306
Taylor L
Thai govt policies are killing local pharma, says industry
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 25
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17457

HSL17313
Shankar R
DCGI rejects GSK's reply on cervical cancer ad, slaps another notice
PharmaBiz.com 2010 Feb 25
http://fmrai.org/uploads/mednews/PH_biz.pdf

HSL17280
Morrison T
The FDA Fires a Warning Shot at Disease-Mongering Drug Companies -- Maybe
BNet 2010 Feb 24
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006868/was-fda-rejection-of-xenoports-restless-legs-drug-a-warning-re-fake-diseases/

HSL17283
GlaxoSmithKline responds to US Senate Committee on Finance report on Avandia
GlaxoSmithKline 2010 Feb 24
http://www.gsk.com/media/pressreleases/2010/2010_pressrelease_10021.htm

HSL17285
Arnold M
Aricept TV spots hype benefits, says DDMAC
Medical Marketing & Media 2010 Feb 24
http://www.mmm-online.com/aricept-tv-spots-hype-benefits-says-ddmac/article/164432/

HSL17286
CDER Considers Changing DDMAC To Office of Prescription Drug Promotion
Thompson Publishing Group 2010 Feb 24
http://www.thompson.com/public/newsbrief.jsp?cat=FOODDRUG&id=2649

HSL17296
Kmietowicz Z
Gaviscon maker is accused of rigging the market
BMJ 2010 Feb 24;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb24_2/c1121

HSL17298
Husten L
Avandia: a plaque on both your houses!
Cardiobrief 2010 Feb 24
http://cardiobrief.org/2010/02/24/avandia-a-plaque-on-both-your-houses/

HSL17301
Krumholz H
Drug Companies Disappoint Me Again
Forbes 2010 Feb 24
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/24/diabetes-glaxosmithkline-avandia-business-healthcare-heart-attack.html

HSL17271
Dunlevy S
Dosed up on donations and addicted to drug company money
The Daily Telegraph 2010 Feb 23
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/dosed-up-on-donations-and-addicted-to-drug-company-money/story-e6freuy9-1225833194108

HSL17275
Gale J
Drugmaker-Funded Food Accepted by Half of U.S. Doctor Programs
Business Week 2010 Feb 23
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-23/drugmaker-funded-food-accepted-by-half-of-u-s-doctor-programs.html

HSL17278
Hopkins Tanne J
Few US medical schools and medical centres are disclosing industry ties
BMJ 2010 Feb 23;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb23_2/c1075

HSL17279
Randewich N
Mexico fines Eli Lilly, others for collusion
Reuters 2010 Feb 23
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2310744920100223

HSL17282
Edwards J
Why Big Pharma's $15B International Tax Dodge Is Coming To an End
BNet 2010 Feb 23
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006850/astrazenecas-puerto-rican-vacation-shows-why-big-pharmas-15b-international-tax-dodge-is-ending/

HSL17284
Feeley J, Cronin Fisk M
AstraZeneca Tied Studies to Marketing, Witness Says (Update2)
Bloomberg.com 2010 Feb 23
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aOFC9Z7ZZXPs

HSL17292
Rosenberg M
Pfizer's ghostwritten journal articles are still standing, still bogus
Online Journal 2010 Feb 23;
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/health/pfizers-ghostwritten-hormone-therapy-articles-29590.html

HSL17295
Melville NA
Avandia analysis: Authors with financial conflicts draw more positive conclusions
Medscape Medical News 2010 Feb 23
http://www.theheart.org/article/1049423.do

HSL17266
Grogan K
GSK defends diabetes drug as Avandia is attacked again in US
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 22
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17434

HSL17267
Herper M
The World's Most Expensive Drugs
Forbes 2010 Feb 22
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/19/expensive-drugs-cost-business-healthcare-rare-diseases.html

HSL17268
Robinson M
Homeopathy a waste of NHS money
Prescribing Advice for GPs 2010 Feb 22
http://www.prescriber.org.uk/2010/02/homeopathy-a-waste-of-nhs-money/

HSL17269
Mack J
Steve Nissen to GSK (and FDA): 'Put Patients First! It's Time to Pull Avandia from the Market.'
Pharma Marketing Blog 2010 Feb 22
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2010/02/steve-nissen-to-gsk-and-fda-put.html

HSL17272
Harris G
A Face-Off on the Safety of a Drug for Diabetes
The New York Times 2010 Feb 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/23niss.html

HSL17273
Novella S
The Economics of Snakeoil
Skeptic Blog 2010 Feb 22
http://skepticblog.org/2010/02/22/the-economics-of-snakeoil/

HSL17276
Wilson D
Doctor Training Aided by Drug Industry Cash
The New York Times 2010 Feb 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/business/23docs.html

HSL17277
Landingin R
Drugmakers set to win softer terms from Manila
The Finanical Times 2010 Feb 22
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/413ac1b2-1f65-11df-9584-00144feab49a.html

HSL17290
Pringle E
Glaxo Birth Defect Litigation Reveals Paxil Promoters on Speed Dial
OpEdNews 2010 Feb 22
http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/Glaxo-Birth-Defect-Litigat-by-Evelyn-Pringle-100222-85.html

HSL17291
Singh S
Simon Singh: it is too late for me, but libel laws must change for the public good
The Daily Telegraph 2010 Feb 22
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/7294539/Simon-Singh-it-is-too-late-for-me-but-libel-laws-must-change-for-the-public-good.html

HSL17293
Edwards J
WebMD's Depression Test Has Only One (Sponsored) Answer: You're 'At Risk'
BNet 2010 Feb 22
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006801/webmds-depression-test-has-only-one-sponsored-answer-youre-at-risk/?tag=content

HSL17330
Drug Company Eon Labs Pays $3.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Reimbursement Claims for Less Than Effective Drug
Pharma Live 2010 Feb 22
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=686690

HSL17311
Diller L
Mother Guilty of Murder--Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Innocent: Doctor Innocent in Massachusetts, Guilty Everywhere Else
Psychology Today 2010 Feb 20
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-last-normal-child/201002/mother-guilty-murder-pediatric-bipolar-disorder-innocent

HSL17187
Brody H
What Would It Take to Prove Harm from Detailing?
Hooked: Ethics, Medicine and Pharma 2010 Feb 19
http://brodyhooked.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-would-it-take-to-prove-harm-from.html

HSL17236
Feeley J, Cronin Fisk M
AstraZeneca Faces First Trial Over Seroquel Claims (Update2)
Bloomberg.com 2010 Feb 19
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=a.qMy6.XdEo4

HSL17260
Silverman E
Grassley Probes WebMd Ties To Eli Lilly
Pharmalot 2010 Feb 19
http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/02/grassley-probes-webmd-ties-to-eli-lilly/

HSL17261
Harris G
Research Ties Diabetes Drug to Heart Woes
The New York Times 2010 Feb 19
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/health/policy/20avandia.html?hp=&pagewanted=all

HSL17270
Poses RM
Deja Vu All Over Again - Sheffield Researcher Under Threat for Trying to Present Data that Offends Research Sponsor
Health Care Renewal Blog 2010 Feb 19
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/02/deja-vu-all-over-again-sheffield.html

HSL17239
Pringle E
Paxil Birth Defect Litigation - First Trial A Bust For Glaxo
Scoop Independent News 2010 Feb 18
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1002/S00128.htm#a

HSL17240
White JA
FDA Discourages Use of Some Asthma Drugs After Years of Review
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2010 Feb 18
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/02/18/fda-discourages-use-of-some-asthma-drugs-after-years-of-review/

HSL17241
Edwards J
How Allergan Targets Poor Aussie Teens and Aborigines for Experimental Weight-Loss Surgery
BNet 2010 Feb 18
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006772/how-allergan-targets-poor-teens-and-aborigines-for-experimental-weight-loss-surgery/

HSL17243
Mack J
A Snarky Look at Sneaky Marketing Tactics Pharma Hasn't Avoided
Pharma Marketing Blog 2010 Feb 18
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2010/02/snarky-look-at-sneaky-marketing-tactics.html

HSL17228
Zarocostas J
Head of WHO’s vaccines advisory group defends its policy on competing interests
BMJ 2010 Feb 17;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb17_2/c987

HSL17235
Physicians Say No to DTC Advertising for Medications that Treat Mental Disorders
Media Curves 2010 Feb 17
http://www.mediacurves.com/HealthCare/J7745-DiagnosingMentalHealth/

HSL17237
Neff J
Prilosec Works to Become 'Sponsor of Everything'
The Advertising Age 2010 Feb 17
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=142150

HSL17238
Grogan K
Ireland’s 'ridiculous' expensive generics slammed
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 17
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17415&src=EWorldNews

HSL17249
Poses RM
Quintiles to More Heavily Directly Invest in the Drugs Which it Evaluates - But Not to Worry, Says an Expert?
Health Care Renewal Blog 2010 Feb 17
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/02/quintiles-to-more-heavily-directly.html

HSL17176
Hirschler B
Europeans spend billions on fake medicines-survey
Reuters 2010 Feb 16
http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE61E16A20100216?rpc=44

HSL17210
Aldis WL
Industry influence: Big Pharma’s long tentacles
BMJ 2010 Feb 16;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb16_1/c941

HSL17211
Dyer C
Doctor could face financial ruin even if he wins libel case
BMJ 2010 Feb 16;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/feb16_2/c967

HSL17219
Taylor L
US health 'spent more than any group ever' on lobbying in 2009
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 16
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17391

HSL17222
Moher D, Schulz KF, Simera I, Altman DG
Guidance for Developers of Health Research Reporting Guidelines
PLoS Med 2010 Feb 16;
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000217

HSL17242
Edwards J
Pfizer's Pyramid of Doom, Or How the Drugmaker Oversold the Market for Cholesterol Drugs by 28 Million Americans
BNet 2010 Feb 16
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006721/pfizers-pyramid-of-doom-how-the-drugmaker-overstated-the-market-for-cholesterol-drugs-by-28-million-americans/

HSL18297
Anekwe TD
Profits And Plagiarism: The Case of Medical Ghostwriting
Bioethics 2010 Feb 16;24:(6):267-272
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122204938/HTMLSTART?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

HSL17169
Taylor L
Rxing incentive schemes are illegal under EU law, says judge
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 15
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17387&src=EWorldNews

HSL17253
Carlzon D, Gustafsson L, Eriksson AL, Rigner K, Sundstrom A, Wallerstedt SM.
Characteristics of primary health care units with focus on drug information from the pharmaceutical industry and adherence to prescribing objectives: a cross-sectional study.
BMC Clin Pharmacol 2010 Feb 15;10:(1):4
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6904/10/4

HSL17432
Kozloff J, Franke D
Physician-Patient Dialogue: Unscripted Scrutiny
Medical Marketing & Media 2010 Feb 15
http://www.mmm-online.com/physician-patient-dialogue-unscripted-scrutiny/article/164621/

HSL17619
Drummy B
Dropped call: the digital story everyone's missing
Medical Marketing & Media 2010 Feb 15
http://www.mmm-online.com/dropped-call-the-digital-story-everyones-missing/article/164548/

HSL17170
Ungoed-Thomas J, Swinford S
Doctor fears ruin by libel from NMT Medical
The Sunday Times 2010 Feb 14
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7026331.ece

HSL17502
Rind D
Evidence and Snake Oil
Evidence in Medicine 2010 Feb 14
http://www.evidenceinmedicine.org/2010/02/evidence-and-snake-oil.html

HSL17173
Wokasch M
Reestablishing Pharmaceutical Industry Trust starts with Integrity at the Top
Pharma Reform 2010 Feb 12
http://www.pharmareform.com/2010/02/12/reestablishing-pharmaceutical-industry-trust-starts-with-integrity-at-the-top/

HSL17229
Google pharmacy ads
Pharmacy Daily 2010 Feb 12
http://www.pharmacydaily.com.au

HSL17250
Mundy A
Drug Industry Signals Lobbying Shift
The Wall Street Journal 2010 Feb 12
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704479704575061724047425954.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs

HSL17251
Kadar M
New Ways Emerge To Reach Healthcare Professionals
MediaPost Marketing: Health Blogs 2010 Feb 12
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=122382

HSL17350
Hemminki E, Toiviainen HK, Vuorenkoski L.
Co-operation between patient organisations and the drug industry in Finland
Social Science & Medicine 2010 Apr;70:(8):1171-1175
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20163903

HSL17167
Silverman E
Former Pfizer Exec Sues Over Lipitor Marketing
Pharmalot 2010 Feb 11
http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/02/former-pfizer-sues-pfizer-over-lipitor-marketing/#more-21435

HSL17168
Williams M
Agencies line up for Viagra-like launch task
campaign 2010 Feb 11
http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/983356/Agencies-line-Viagra-like-launch-task/

HSL17177
Galvin B
Dollars for Docs
My Fox Atlanta 2010 Feb 11
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/fox-5-special:-dollars-for-docs-021010

HSL17178
Drug companies turn to 'Pharma 2.0'
SBS News 2010 Feb 11
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1192372/Drug-companies-turn-to-Pharma-2.0

HSL17179
Johnson LA
Merck agrees to settle with its shareholders on Vioxx lawsuit
The Boston Globe 2010 Feb 11
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/02/11/merck_agrees_to_settle_with_its_shareholders_on_vioxx_lawsuit/

HSL17183
Lawsuit Claims Pfizer Deceived Doctors Into Prescribing Its Cholesterol Drug Lipitor
BNet 2010 Feb 11
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006647/lawsuit-claims-pfizer-deceived-doctors-into-prescribing-its-cholesterol-drug-lipitor/

HSL17184
Edwards J
Pfizer Seeks Non-Prescription Status for Viagra Despite Health Risk Worries
BNet 2010 Feb 11
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006636/pfizer-seeks-non-prescription-status-for-viagra-despite-health-risk-worries/

HSL17216
Creative Alliances with Nontraditional Players Increasingly Essential for Survival in Pharmaceutical Industry, New Ernst & Young Report Finds
Pharma Live 2010 Feb 11
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=684532

HSL17220
Grogan K
Pharma needs to work with non-traditional partners to survive
Pharma Times 2010 Feb 11
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=17374

HSL17223
Kresge N
Bayer Meets Nintendo as Drugmakers Seek New Routes to Customers
Bloomberg.com 2010 Feb 11
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aX44HEtnF8cE

HSL17224
Hirschler B
Medicines not working? There's an app for that
Reuters 2010 Feb 11
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61A0Q320100211

HSL17256
Frances A
Opening Pandora's Box: The 19 Worst Suggestions For DSM5
The Psychiatric Times 2010 Feb 11
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/home/content/article/10168/1522341?verify=0

HSL17320
Messerli FH, Bangalore S.
FDA drug information that never reaches clinicians.
N Engl J Med 2010 Feb 11;362:(6):562
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20175300

HSL17321
Casoy J.
FDA drug information that never reaches clinicians.
N Engl J Med 2010 Feb 11;362:(6):561
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20175299

HSL17322
Cook GE, Sasich LD, Sukkari SR.
FDA drug information that never reaches clinicians.
N Engl J Med 2010 Feb 11;362:(6):562-3
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20175263

HSL17323
Collins C.
FDA drug information that never reaches clinicians.
N Engl J Med 2010 Feb 11;362:(6):561-2
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20175262

HSL17174
Carey B
Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind
The New York Times 2010 Feb 10
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/health/10psych.html

HSL17180
Tae-gyu K
Korea to Crack Down on Bribe-Taking Doctors
The Korea Times 2010 Feb 10
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/02/123_60668.html

HSL17181
Goldstein J
Eli Lilly Exec Heads to Harvard Med School
The Wall Street Journal Blog 2010 Feb 10
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/02/10/eli-lilly-exec-heads-to-harvard-med-school/

HSL17254
Voreacos D, Feeley J
Merck Changes Safety Procedures, Pays in Vioxx Suits (Update1)
Bloomberg.com 2010 Feb 10
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aO7MTLz8YjRE

HSL17152
Acknowledge how Americans' trust has been lost and take the first steps to earn it back.
World of DTC Marketing 2010 Feb 9
http://www.worldofdtcmarketing.com/files/daeef4b02464aee5ffa293feffaf1917-976.html

HSL17157
Médicos são proibidos de fornecer cartões de desconto
estadao.com.br 2010 Feb 9
http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,medicos-sao-proibidos-de-fornecer-cartoes-de-desconto,508820,0.htm

HSL17185
Edwards J
Botox Curbs Emotions, Study Says ... and Now Allergan Is Marketing It to Men
BNet 2010 Feb 9
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006593/botox-curbs-emotions-study-says-and-now-allergan-is-marketing-it-to-men/

HSL17215
The Internet Has More Influence Over Consumer Health Actions than Traditional DTC Channels
Pharma Live 2010 Feb 9
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=683695

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