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Items published in 2008

There are 2390 items in the Healthy Skepticism Library that were published in 2008.

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HSL13322
Carpenter D, Zucker EJ, Avorn J.
Drug-Review Deadlines and Safety Problems
NEJM 2008 Mar 27; 358:(13):1354-1361
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/358/13/1354

HSL13329
Cortez MF, Pettypiece S.
Merck, Schering-Plough Appeal to Doctors to Boost Vytorin Sales
Bloomberg News 2008 Mar 27
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=a9Fmg_Q9eeX4&refer=healthcare

HSL13335
Taylor L.
EU drug info proposals 'driven by industry interests'
Pharma Times 2008 Mar 27
http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13143&src=EWorldNews

HSL13337
Demer L.
State settles lawsuit over lack of warnings on dangerous drug
Anchorage Daily News 2008 Mar 27
http://www.adn.com/front/story/357247.html

HSL13338
Berenson A.
Alaska Suit Against Lilly Is Settled
New York Times 2008 Mar 27
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/business/27zyprexa.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

HSL13339
King Gets Warning Letter Over Avinza Promotion
PharmaLive 2008 Mar 27
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=526338&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL13341
Schmidt R, Jinks B.
Otsuka to Pay Fine to Resolve Abilify Marketing Probe
Bloomberg News 2008 Mar 27
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aV3nbARo08kE

HSL13355
Hacker G.
Pharmaceutical freebies for doctors aren’t free
The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon) 2008 Mar 27
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=84260&sid=5&fid=1

HSL13359
BMS decision to stop producing a paediatric form of efavirenz angers associations
APM Health Europe 2008 Mar 27
http://www.apmhealtheurope.com/home.php

HSL13360
Goldstein J.
The Supreme Court and Alaska’s Zyprexa Case
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog 2008 Mar 27
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/03/27/the-supreme-court-and-alaskas-zyprexa-case/?mod=WSJBlog?mod=yahoo_hs

HSL13361
Huckman M.
Big Pharma Power Shift: CFOs Have the Mojo Now
Seeking Alpha 2008 Mar 27
http://seekingalpha.com/article/70112-big-pharma-power-shift-cfos-have-the-mojo-now?source=feed

HSL13363
Big drug makers raising prices on their best-sellers
Associated Press 2008 Mar 27
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1014593.html

HSL13388
Milligan L.
25 Shocking Facts About the Pharmaceutical Industry
Nursing Education Online Database 2008 Mar 27
http://noedb.org/library/features/25-shocking-facts-about-the-pharmaceutical-industry

HSL13393
Winstein KJ.
Late Drug Approval Linked To Safety Issues
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Mar 27D1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120656190873766273.html

HSL13298
Dunlevy S.
Doctors defy ban on drug gifts
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 2008 Mar 26
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23432249-5001021,00.html

HSL13313
Berenson A.
Lilly Settles Alaska Suit Over Zyprexa
New York Times 2008 Mar 26
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/business/26cnd-zyprexa.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

HSL13314
Harris G.
Cigarette Company Paid for Lung Cancer Study
New York Times 2008 Mar 26
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/health/research/26lung.html?th&emc=th

HSL13315
Mahar M.
Amid Bad Publicity, Drug Company Uses Progressive Union to Peddle Its Products
AlterNet 2008 Mar 26
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/80411/?page=1

HSL13316
How to Hold Pharma-Free Meetings
AMSA/PharmedOut 2008 Mar 26
http://www.pharmedout.org/PharmaFreeMeetingTipsWeb.pdf

HSL13317
Canadian Prescription Drug Sales Experience Slowest Growth in a Decade With 6.3% Increase
Canada Newswire English 2008 Mar 26
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2008/26/c7060.html?view=print

HSL13318
Pettypiece S.
Pfizer, Glaxo Raise Prices as Drug Growth Declines
Bloomberg News 2008 Mar 26
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aHq9.4jizbSQ&refer=us

HSL13320
Koroneos G.
Physician Gifting Crackdown
PharmExec.com 2008 Mar 26
http://pharmexec.findpharma.com/pharmexec/News/Physician-Gifting-Crackdown/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/505158?contextCategoryId=43753

HSL13321
Emery G.
Drugs approved on US deadline seen with more risk
Reuters 2008 Mar 26
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7413438

HSL13323
Silverman E.
Lawmaker Asks NJ AG To Probe Antipsychotics
Pharmalot 2008 Mar 26
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/lawmaker-asks-nj-ag-to-probe-antipsychotics/

HSL13340
Park A.
Did Big Tobacco Taint a Cancer Study?
TIME 2008 Mar 26
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1725719,00.html

HSL13362
Blum J, Goldstein A.
FDA `May Fail' Without More Funds, Agency Chief Says
Bloomberg News 2008 Mar 26
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=apIyQKC6SJ0k&refer=healthcare

HSL13395
Countermotions to Bayer´s Annual Stockholders´ Meeting
Coalition against BAYER Dangers (Germany) 2008 Mar 26
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/2396.html

HSL13401
Day M.
Many group-randomised cancer trials have statistical flaws
Pharma Times 2008 Mar 26
http://www.pharmatimes.com/clinicalnews/article.aspx?id=13138&src=EWorldNews

HSL13296
Drug Alerts Sent Instantly to U.S. Doctors via Email on New National Network
PharmaLive 2008 Mar 25
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=525692&categoryid=9&newsletter=1

HSL13319
Herper M.
More Questions About Vytorin Panel
Forbes.com 2008 Mar 25
http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/25/vytorin-pharmaceuticals-congress-biz-healthcare-cx_mh_0325vytorin.html?partner=yahootix

HSL13328
Kripalani M.
Indian Pharma: Hooked on the Hard Sell
BusinessWeek 2008 Mar 25
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2008/gb20080325_467233.htm

HSL13330
Burton TM.
Pfizer Is Denied Access to JAMA Files
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Mar 25D7
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120639755641860717.html?mod=rss_Health

HSL13331
Huckman M.
J&J, Merck & Wyeth Tops in Big Pharma CEO Pay
CNBC.com 2008 Mar 25
http://www.cnbc.com/id/23793959/site/14081545?__source=yahoo|headline|quote|text|&par=yahoo

HSL13332
Ahead of the Bell: Celebrex Review
Associated Press 2008 Mar 25
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080325/ahead_of_the_bell_celebrex.html?.v=1

HSL13334
Good year for GSK giving
PMLive.com 2008 Mar 25
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6590

HSL13336
Taylor L.
UK Code of Practice complaints down in 2007
Pharma Times 2008 Mar 25
http://www.pharmatimes.com/uknews/article.aspx?id=13130&src=EWorldNews

HSL13397
Hébert PC.
The need for an Institute of Continuing Health Education
CMAJ 2008 Mar 25; 178:(7):805-6, 809-810
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/178/7/805

HSL13402
Murray DM, Pals SL, Blitstein JL, Alfano CM, Lehman J.
Design and Analysis of Group-Randomized Trials in Cancer: A Review of Current Practices
JNCI 2008 Mar 25; 100:(7):483-491
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/100/7/483

HSL13898
Cranston L, Allen M, Bugden S, Nguyen A, Bunka D, Regier L, Bean T, Jin M, Campbell C, Marlow BA, Mongeau I, Stern S, Murray S, Becker AB, Marlow BA, Sinclair D, Falz S.
Funding for continuing medical education.
CMAJ 2008 Mar 25; 178:(7):805-6, 809-10
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/178/12/1578

HSL13265
Free Drug Samples May Burden Patients' Pockets
PharmaLive 2008 Mar 24
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=525316&categoryid=43

HSL13266
DeAngelis CD, Thornton JP.
Preserving Confidentiality in the Peer Review Process
JAMA 2008 Mar 24; 299:(16):epub ahead of print
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299.16.jed80000

HSL13267
Shiroki A.
Lower Drug Prices To Inflict Pain On Pharmaceutical Firms
Nikkei English News 2008 Mar 24
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/AC/TNKS/Nni20080324D19HH130.htm

HSL13276
Hensley S.
Vytorin Problem: Healthy Patients Meet Healthy Skepticism
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog 2008 Mar 24
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/03/24/vytorin-problem-healthy-patients-meet-healthy-skepticism/?mod=WSJBlog?mod=yahoo_hs

HSL13277
Lowe D.
Pfizer Losing Battle Against Scientific Journals
Seeking Alpha 2008 Mar 24
http://seekingalpha.com/article/69583-pfizer-losing-battle-against-scientific-journals?source=yahoo

HSL13278
Wang SS.
Genetics May Bring New Life to Failed Drugs
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Mar 24
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120631682077958247.html

HSL13279
Berenson A.
One Drug, Two Faces
New York Times 2008 Mar 24
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/business/25zyprexa.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=business

HSL13280
Silverman E.
SEC Charges Biovail And Its Execs With Fraud
Pharmalot 2008 Mar 24
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/sec-charges-biovail-and-its-execs-with-fraud/#more-12689

HSL13281
Silverman E.
Dear Doctor: A Union Shills For Pfizer And Lipitor
Pharmalot 2008 Mar 24
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/a-union-shills-for-pfizer-and-lipitor/#more-12682

HSL13282
Silverman E.
Has The Medical Affairs Department Left Marketing?
Pharmalot 2008 Mar 24
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/has-the-medical-affairs-department-left-marketing/

HSL13299
Reinberg S.
Free Drug Samples Hike Out-of-Pocket Costs
HealthDay News 2008 Mar 24
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=613786

HSL13300
Sticker shock a side effect of cancer remedies
Associated Press 2008 Mar 24
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23783216/

HSL13383
Reinarman C.
Cannabis policies and user practices: Market separation, price, potency, and accessibility in Amsterdam and San Francisco.
Int J Drug Policy 2008 Mar 24;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18367390

HSL13297
Editorial .
When a Drug Costs $300,000
New York Times 2008 Mar 23
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/opinion/23sun3.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

HSL13398
Goetz T.
Practicing Patients
New York Times 2008 Mar 23
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/magazine/23patients-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

HSL13226
Demer L.
Defense opens in Zyprexa trial
Anchorage Daily News 2008 Mar 22
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/352769.html

HSL13229
Feder BJ.
New Focus of Inquiry Into Bribes: Doctors
New York Times 2008 Mar 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/business/22device.html?ex=1206849600&en=490a2c6341186c82&ei=5070&emc=eta1

HSL13237
Barboza D.
China Orders New Oversight of Heparin, With Tainted Batches Tied to U.S. Deaths
New York Times 2008 Mar 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/asia/22heparin.html?ex=1206849600&en=cad77f34d7802b86&ei=5070&emc=eta1

HSL13474
Antonuccio DO, Healy D.
Moving beyond depression: The researcher’s credo
BMJ 2008 Mar 22; 336:(7645):629
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7645/629

HSL13475
Steer P.
Follies and Fallacies in Medicine
BMJ 2008 Mar 22; 336:(7645):673
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7645/673-a

HSL13206
Kaiser J.
Pfizer Denied Access to Journals' Files
Science 2008 Mar 21; 319:(5870):1601
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/319/5870/1601a

HSL13324
Allen A.
Consumers' Right to Sue Weakening
The Washington Independent 2008 Mar 21
http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/courts-weakening

HSL13399
Rust S.
FDA relied on industry studies to judge safety
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2008 Mar 21
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=730965

HSL19029
Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Welch HG.
The risk of death by age, sex, and smoking status in the United States: putting health risks in context.
J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 March 20; 100:(12):845-53
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/12/845.long

HSL13184
Editorial .
Countering the Drug Salesmen
New York Times 2008 Mar 20
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/opinion/20thu2.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

HSL13190
Davies J.
Drugs course made girl 'suicidal'
The Australian 2008 Mar 20
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23406160-2702,00.html?from=public_rss

HSL13225
Marcus A, Rapaport L.
McCain's Health `Jihad' May Cost Pfizer, Doctors
Bloomberg.com 2008 Mar 20
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aziX4XjjtFSw&refer=healthcare

HSL13345
Todd S.
Industry Insider: Once again, a spotlight on Vytorin
The Star Ledger 2008 Mar 20
http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-1/1205991306283090.xml&coll=1

HSL13348
Pharmaceutical Marketing Ltd rebrands as PMGroup
PM Live 2008 Mar 20
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6582

HSL13349
Paediatric drug trials not being independently monitored
PM Live 2008 Mar 20
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6578

HSL13351
Albainy-Jenei S.
Pfizer Feels Pain Over Celebrex
Patent Baristas 2008 Mar 20
http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2008/03/20/pfizer-feels-pain-over-celebrex/

HSL13384
Warrell DA.
Unscrupulous marketing of snake bite antivenoms in Africa and Papua New Guinea: choosing the right product-'What's in a name?
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2008 Mar 20; epub ahead of print
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B75GP-4S3P8BC-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=4de680134262651b3097fcfa4e7355be

HSL13189
Japsen B.
Abbott sued by 18 states
Chicago Tribune 2008 Mar 19
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-abbott-suit-mar19,0,815390.story

HSL13204
Boseley S.
Study finds 98% of child drug trials lack independent safety checks
The Guardian 2008 Mar 19
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/mar/19/children.medicalresearch

HSL13220
Drug firms' gifts get under doctors' skin
The Boston Globe 2008 Mar 19
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2008/03/19/drug_firms_gifts_get_under_doctors_skin/

HSL13222
Immen W.
Wanted: one contract at a time
The Globe and Mail 2008 Mar 19
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080319.CAPROJECT19/TPStory//?pageRequested=3

HSL13227
Schering's Zetia Promotion to Physicians Draws Inquiry From Senator Kohl
FDA Legislative Watch 2008 Mar 19
http://www.fdalegislativewatch.com/2008/03/scherings-zetia.html

HSL13346
Widower sues NJ contraceptive producers for wife's death
The Star Ledger 2008 Mar 19
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/widower_sues_nj_contraceptive.html

HSL13185
Marketing influences antidepressant prescriptions: study
ABC News (Australia) 2008 Mar 18
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/18/2192129.htm

HSL13188
Fisk MC.
Lilly Zyprexa-Claim Losses May Climb to $1.83 a Share
Bloomberg News 2008 Mar 18
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=autBI6wdrAEE

HSL13219
Bartz D.
Former InterMune CEO indicted for promoting drug
Reuters 2008 Mar 18
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1824386120080318?rpc=44

HSL13224
Marketing influences antidepressant prescriptions: study
ABC News 2008 Mar 18
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/18/2192129.htm

HSL13442
Tracey WR.
Letter by Tracey regarding article,
Circulation 2008 Mar 18; 117:(11):e194
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/117/11/e194

HSL13187
Maslin J.
The Case for Another Drug War, Against Pharmaceutical Marketers’ Dirty Tactics
New York Times 2008 Mar 17
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/books/17masl.html

HSL13221
Lilly repudiates New York Times article
PM Live 2008 Mar 17
http://www.pmlive.com/index.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=6577

HSL13242
Wright SH.
Solving the drug price crisis
MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 2008 Mar 17
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/rx-crisis-plan-0317.html

HSL13347
Malvern J.
Clever people ‘are easier to con’
The Times Online 2008 Mar 17
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3564520.ece

HSL13146
Pollack A.
Cutting Dosage of Costly Drug Spurs a Debate
New York Times 2008 Mar 16
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/business/16gaucher.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5088&en=31b133c9d6628e6f&ex=1363406400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

HSL13147
Pollack A.
Drug Maker Stays Close to Doctors and Patients
New York Times 2008 Mar 16
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/business/16gside.html?ref=business

HSL13170
Areford C.
Antipsychotic drugs are doing harm
The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon) 2008 Mar 16
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=78024&sid=5&fid=1

HSL13228
Rosen J.
Supreme Court Inc.
The New York Times Magazine 2008 Mar 16
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/magazine/16supreme-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

HSL13241
Jack A.
GSK varies prices to raise sales
Financial Times 2008 Mar 16
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dc2b3bc-f380-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html

HSL13333
Yasir S.
Boycott Of Drug Major: Lacklustre response from docs
newindpress.com 2008 Mar 16
http://www.newindpress.com/news.asp?id=IER20080315235853

HSL13133
Berenson A.
Eli Lilly E-Mail Discussed Unapproved Use of Drug
The New York Times 2008 Mar 15
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/business/15drug.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

HSL13169
Kmietowicz Z.
Company accused of exploiting unique features of drug to retain market share
BMJ 2008 Mar 15; 336:(7644):576
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7644/576-a

HSL13243
Godlee F.
A legal framework for drug safety
BMJ 2008 Mar 15; 336:(7644):0
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7644/0

HSL13244
Coombes R.
UK government tightens rules on drug trial results
BMJ 2008 Mar 15; 336:(7644):576
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7644/576-b

HSL13245
Hawkes N.
Biologically speaking, parliament decides there is no alternative
BMJ 2008 Mar 15; 336:(7644):588
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7644/588

HSL13246
Burton B.
The return of the spoof
BMJ 2008 Mar 15; 336:(7644):589
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7644/589

HSL13247
Iheanacho I.
The scourge of the drug pirates
BMJ 2008 Mar 15; 336:(7644):617
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7644/617

HSL13377
Charatan F.
94% of patients suing Merck over rofecoxib agree to company's offer.
BMJ 2008 Mar 15; 336:(7644):580-1
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7644/580

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