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Drug Companies

"Expensive medicines are always good: if not for the patient, at least for the druggist" -Russian proverb

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  • May 2007

    • FDA Approves No-Period Birth Control Pill

      Associated Press  |  May 23, 07 2:49 PM CDT

      FDA Approves No-Period Birth Control Pill

      (Newser) - The FDA yesterday approved Lybrel, the birth control pill designed to stop women's periods for as long as they're on the medication, the AP reports. Unlike most other contraceptive pills, which consist of  21 daily doses of hormone treatments and 7 days of sugar pills, Lybrel contains 28 daily doses of low-dose hormones. More »

    • Drug Company Nemesis Strikes Again

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 22, 07 1:32 PM CDT

      Drug Company Nemesis Strikes Again

      (Newser) - The doctor who helped to raise concerns about the painkiller Vioxx is back—with the study released earlier this week linking the same company's popular diabetes drug, Avandia, to higher risk of heart attacks. The Wall Street Journal looks at 58-year-old cardiologist Steven Nissen's role in identifying and publicizing drug risks. More »

    • OxyContin Maker Pleads Guilty

      Associated Press  |  May 10, 07 12:01 PM CDT

      OxyContin Maker Pleads Guilty

      (Newser) - The company that makes OxyContin pleaded guilty today to misleading the public about the effects of the potent painkiller. Purdue Pharma and three executives will pay $634.5 million in civil and criminal fines. Federal prosecutors accused the firm of "misbranding" the drug, marketing it as a less addictive alternative to traditional pain meds although no evidence supported the claim. More »

    • FDA Given New Muscle To Monitor Drugs

      New York Times  |  May 10, 07 5:41 AM CDT

      FDA Given New Muscle To Monitor Drugs

      (Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration would be given sweeping new powers to order drug recalls, regulate advertising and mandate changes in labels under a bill passed by the Senate yesterday. The bill signals a fundamental shift in the FDA's role, the New York Times reports, requiring the agency to track drugs after, as well as before, approval. More »

  • April 2007

    • Pharmaceutical Farming Generates Hopes and Fears

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 30, 07 11:10 AM CDT

      Pharmaceutical Farming Generates Hopes and Fears

      (Newser) - The battle over genetic modification has a new player: "pharming," or pharmaceutical farming, which uses genetically modified plants to mass-produce drug compounds relatively inexpensively. By altering common plants—for instance, tobacco, which can be engineered to produce an HIV drug—researchers say pharming could transform the treatment of illnesses that primarily affect third-world countries. More »

    • Ouch—Doc's Trial Highlights Pain Issues

      New York Times  |  Apr 24, 07 2:30 PM CDT

      Ouch&mdash;Doc's Trial Highlights Pain Issues

      (Newser) - The drug-trafficking trial of a Virginia pain specialist demonstrates the slippery slope between treating chronic conditions and enabling addicts. Dr. William Hurwitz's jury heard the story of a patient with deblitating migraines who had been treated with anxiety medication that actually caused headaches—by another doctor who happened to be an expert  witness for the prosecution. More »

    • Cheap Anticancer Drugs Are Ignored

      New York Times  |  Apr 5, 07 9:51 PM CDT

      Cheap Anticancer Drugs Are Ignored

      (Newser) - Ralph Moss writes about why inexpensive cancer treatments get no research dollars. The publisher of a newsletter that covers both conventional and alternative cancer therapies, Moss blames the inability to patent already discovered and available chemicals and drugs for the situation. More »

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