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| Halloween trick? FDA approves antiwrinkle shots made with plexiglas Posted by Liz at 10/31/06 02:58 PM No, no Halloween scares here folks...the FDA did just approve ArteFill, an injectable product made from cow hides and tiny plexiglas beads, used to permanently fill wrinkles.
Survey finds close ties between drug companies and patient groups Posted by Earl Lui at 10/30/06 12:44 PM The New Scientist's recent survey describes how some patient groups get substantial funding from drug companies.
Most Americans support reimportation Posted by Liz at 10/30/06 11:14 AM A Harris poll from last month shows that 4 out of 5 adults support reimportation of prescription drugs from other countries, if drug prices are much lower.
Restless Drug Companies Promote Little-Known Diseases Posted by Earl Lui at 10/26/06 06:06 PM Who knew treating "restless leg syndrome" would generate the latest blockbuster drug? The Wall Street Journal Online yesterday reported on how GlaxoSmithKline turned a disease no one had ever heard of into a new $500 million market for one of its old drugs.
Drugmakers feel heat on DTC ads Posted by Liz at 10/26/06 12:50 PM At a conference yesterday in New Jersey of pharmaceutical marketing specialists, drugmakers and their ad agencies were warned that drug ads to consumers need to be more truthful and transparent.
Former FDA chief pleads guilty to conflict of interest charges Posted by Liz at 10/17/06 10:46 AM Former FDA chief, Lester Crawford, who resigned after 2 months on the job, has plead guilty of charges of conflict of interest and lying about stock he and his wife owned in companies the FDA regulates.
Time to stop playing games with generic drug approvals Posted by Earl Lui at 10/13/06 11:34 AM “When is a citizen not exactly a citizen? When it’s a pharmaceutical company looking to increase its profits,” writes Consumers Union President Jim Guest in a column in the current issue of Consumers Reports. Jim’s column explains how brand-name drug companies interfere with the marketplace by unfairly blocking generic drugs from competing with the brand names.
CU report: 80% of the time the lowest retail price beats Medicare Part D "donut hole" prices Posted by Liz at 10/12/06 10:48 AM We called 261 pharmacies in Florida to get their prices for 6 top drugs, then compared them to the new Medicare prescription drug benefit's private insurance plans. It turns out that out of the 44 Florida plans, the private plan "donut hole" prices were usually higher than the lowest retail price.
Another New Call for Major FDA Reform Posted by Earl Lui at 10/10/06 05:39 PM An article just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine echoes the growing consensus of physicians and other experts calling for major FDA reform.
Drug Companies to New Zealand: “Don’t Ban Our Ads, Or Else!” Posted by Earl Lui at 10/10/06 04:43 PM Only two countries on earth allow drug companies to advertise prescription drugs directly to consumers: New Zealand and the U.S. Yes, that’s right, residents of the other 191 countries in the world miss out on those omnipresent TV ads we see every night.
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