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NewsTainted doctors serve as pharma company shills
On its latest fact-finding mission looking for doctors with skeletons in their closets, nonprofit investigative journalism group ProPublica has uncovered hundreds of physicians on big pharma company Read more...
No drug reform, no relief for the poor
This week, two seemingly unrelated stories caught my eye--both addressing issues in managing psychiatric drugs for the poor. Taken together, they point to a crisis that is unlikely to be so much as Read more...
Pharmas settle $124M Medicaid fraud suit; Legislators fight for 'critical access' funding for rural hospitals;
> Four pharmaceutical companies--Mylan Pharmaceuticals, UDL Laboratories, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals-- have agreed to pay $124 million to resolve claims that Read more...
CVS Caremark attacked for allegedly deceptive drug ads
In what was supposed to be a bit of routine business, CVS Caremark recently sent out a series of promotional mailings to doctors on behalf of a handful of major drugmakers, including Eli Lilly, Read more...
Patient sues for Seroquel data; WI health system sells medical office space for $30M;
> A patient claiming that anti-psychotic drug Seroquel gave him diabetes has asked a court to unseal drugmaker AstraZeneca's documents detailing its side effects. FiercePharma > In Wisconsin, a Read more...
AstraZeneca asks judge to nullify $215M drug-price lawsuit
Drugmaker AstraZeneca has asked an Alabama judge to nullify a jury verdict that ordered it to pay the state $215 million in damages in a Medicaid drug-price fraud suit. The state's 2005 suit accused Read more...
FTC: Pharmas cut 14 deals to delay generic sales in '07
Makers of brand-name prescription drugs reached 14 agreements with makers of generic drugs to delay the generic drug makers entry into the market, according to a new report released by the Federal Read more...
Drug companies plan to disclose grant funding
Hoping to stave off outside regulation by Congress, a group of the nation's largest drug and device manufacturers have put forth plans to publicly disclose the grants they make to outside Read more...
| Press ReleasesDespite Trend of Therapeutic Substitution, Survey Data Shows Patients Want Their Physician to Be the Ultimate Decision MakAstraZeneca reveals survey results and offers tips designed to help patients ensure they get “just what the doctor ordered” WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New survey data reveals that 84 percent Read more >> CardioComm Solutions, Inc. Enters Into Equipment Purchase Agreement with AstraZeneca CanadaTORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CardioComm Solutions, Inc. (TSX-V: EKG), a leading provider of innovative hardware and software solutions for cardiovascular health management, has signed an equipment Read more >> AstraZeneca Announces U.S. Enrollment Opportunities for KODIAC Study to Investigate an Experimental Drug for ConstipationWILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) today announced that study centers across the U.S. are recruiting patients for a clinical study to examine whether an investigational drug Read more >> Novo Nordisk, Roche, Amgen Score Top Marks in 2011 CenterWatch Global Site SurveyBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new CenterWatch survey released today shows drug sponsors have continued to improve their relationships with investigative sites by focusing on strategies to improve site Read more >> My Medicare Community Gives Benefits Counselors Information They Need to Help SeniorsWebsite Offers New Resources for Medicare Annual Enrollment Period and Beyond WASHINGTON, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Understanding and keeping on top of what's new in Medicare can be Read more >> |
