The federal government has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, which now owns Wyeth, maker of the SSNRI drug called Effexor. The claim is that Pfizer/Wyeth made millions through monopolistic practices and lies. Full story...
created by dysamoria | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago 186 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
For years, pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors to put their names on ghostwritten research papers designed to increase drug sales and downplay negative side effects. What what what??? Wait, save your...
created by dysamoria | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 263 views | 30 recommendations | 1 comment
According to these reports, Big Pharma is going to become Huge Pharma: Pfizer is in buyout talks with Wyeth. The result has seen stocks throughout the pharmaceutical industry on the rise. One result of the merger...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 940 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at China's online censors, Wyeth's busy ghosts and how...
"Court weights amputee's case, limits on drug suits""A Vermont musician who lost her arm because of a botched drug injection is squaring off against a drug maker and the Bush administration in one of the most closely watched business cases of the Supreme Court's term.At issue...
Johnson & Johnson Wyeth and other makers of nonprescription cough and cold medicines issues recall on these products due to possible overdose concerns in children under 2 years of age. A spokeswoman for Consumer Healthcare, a trade association
representing the makers of...
"The Food and Drug Administration yesterday proposed mandatory labeling for over-the-counter painkillers aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
The new warning labels would apply to drugs such as Johnson &...
created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1353 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Fact 7: TeenScreen, a fraudulent suicide prevention program was started by Dr. David Shaffer, Psychiatrist and Executive Director of Columbia DISC Development Group (Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children). Shaffer has accepted money from Hoffman la Roche, Wyeth and...
created by Boston | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 496 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments