No More Free Rx Samples Carolinas HealthCare System leads the way Carolina ObserverGlaxo 'Downplayed' Warning Abacavir doubles MI risk IndependentPhysician, Reveal Thyself
Heart stent studies don't disclose funding Businessweek (PLoS One study)
Protecting Human Subjects
US clinical trials no longer required Center for Science in the PublicFDA Slow To Issue DTCA Warnings
Ads discontinued before letters received Pharmalot (read GAO report)
Celebrex Doesn't Prevent Memory Loss Nor does naproxen Bloomberg (Archives of Neurology study)
Pfizer to Disclose Grants
With Lilly, supports revised Sunshine Act PharmatimesMigraine Medicines Problematic Associated with serotonin syndrome Bloomberg (NEJM study)
Stealth Marketers Shilling for pharma on NPR SlatePsychiatry Handbook Linked to Drug Industry COIs in over half of new working group members NYT (read Center for Science in the Public Interest article)
Legislators: Glaxo Letter on Gift Ban May Backfire
Does MA have a “strong anti-biopharmaceutical streak?” Boston Herald (read additional article)
Glaxo Tries to Corner Weight Loss Market
Tells FDA to deny dietary supplement claims Pharmalot Commentary
Prescription Tracking and Public Health AMA’s PDRP inadequate JGIM
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