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  • June 2008
    • Big Pharma Sickens Universities

      Big Pharma Sickens Universities

      (Newser) - Weak legislation allows professors to collect huge under-the-table payments from Big Pharma, and it’s time to fight back, Dan Greenberg writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education . Pharmaceutical companies pay professors to shill drugs and lend their names to industry research, and the only oversight is an honor-system mechanism requiring profs to report outside income to the university—not to a federal agency. More »

  • August 2007
    • Generics Curb Rise in Drug Costs

      Generics Curb Rise in Drug Costs

      (Newser) - Scores of prescription drugs are getting cheaper, as name-brand patents expire and open the door to generic imitators. That's bad news for pharmaceutical companies, the Times reports, but it means that an aging population ever more reliant on drugs will be paying as much as 80 percent less for them. More »

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      health   drugs   medicine   pharmaceutical companies   health care costs   pharma   generic drugs   brands

    • Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      (Newser) - Pharmacies in Publix supermarkets across five Southern states will distribute seven antibiotics free to patients with prescriptions, the chain said today. The CEO allows that one goal is to drive customer traffic, but it's also an example of the private sector assisting access to affordable health care, the AP reports. Wal-Mart and Kmart recently started selling uber-cheap meds. More »

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      health care   medicine   retail   Charlie Crist   antibiotics   pharma   free

  • June 2007
    • Nigeria Sues Pfizer Over Deadly Tests

      Nigeria Sues Pfizer Over Deadly Tests

      (Newser) - Nigeria is suing pharma giant Pfizer for $7 billion, claiming the company carried out improper trials on children. 200 children in the state of Kano died, and others developed deformities, after Pfizer tested Trovan, an experimental antibiotic, during a 1996 meningitis outbreak. Nigeria claims the tests were unauthorized, but Pfizer insists the company had consent. More »

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      children   medicine   Nigeria   Pfizer   pharma   meningitis

  • May 2007
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