Warning urged on Ketek Posted by Liz at 12/22/06 12:34 PM

Last week, an FDA advisory committee voted to limit the prescribing of the controversial antibiotic, Ketek.

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Lilly's actions show why we need public disclosure of data Posted by Liz at 12/21/06 03:58 PM

Now we hear that Eli Lilly failed to disclose clinical trial data that showed patients on Zyprexa were over 3 times more likely to suffer from high blood sugar than those taking placebo.

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another drug company charged with hiding side effect info Posted by Liz at 12/17/06 12:12 PM

The NY Times has just gotten its hands on internal, confidential documents from Eli Lilly which showed the drug company played down the side effects of its top-selling, anti-psychotic drug, Zyprexa.

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Drug trial stopped on probable future blockbuster Posted by Liz at 12/04/06 05:21 PM

This weekend, drug maker Pfizer learned that it would have to stop its clinical study of heart disease drug, Torcetrapib as the drug was shown to cause an increase in death and heart injury.

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