Shots - Health News What Do Big Pharma's Deep Pockets Buy? July 23, 2009 The cost of influencing the health care debate? $40 million and counting, according to the drug industry.
Shots - Health News Morning Rounds: Pills and Politics June 25, 2009 Morning Rounds: Cancer, contraception and fraud in the news.
Shots - Health News Hamburg And Her Full Plate June 17, 2009 FDA's New Commissioner Margaret Hamburg tells Robert Siegel today she wants to move the agency into the 21st century and she's "delighted" to take on tobacco
Shots - Health News AdBusters: Consumer Reports vs. Sally Field June 1, 2009 Consumer Reports most recent ad-busting video takes on Boniva, the bone-building bisphosphonate from Roche that only has to be taken once a month
Shots - Health News Getting Off The Drug Money Train May 27, 2009 At least one physician's group is getting off the drug money train by phasing out pharmaceutical industry-sponsored education. Is this a trend?
Shots - Health News Toxicologists Weigh In On Chemical Risks May 27, 2009 Tobacco's the big health risk, according to toxicologists in a new poll. Plastics not so much.
Shots - Health News AstraZeneca Joins Big Pharma Disclosure Parade May 22, 2009 The British drugmaker promises to start disclosing what it pays U.S. doctors to talk up the company's products.
Shots - Health News Critics Say Lupron Is No Miracle Cure For Autism May 21, 2009 No one can fault the parents of autistic children for seeking a cure for their kids. Unfortunately, as the Chicago Tribune reports, some are turning in
Shots - Health News As Merck Moved, Company X Mulled Deal For Schering-Plough May 21, 2009 Ahh, more deal-making intrigue unfolds in Big Pharma land.