Eye-Opening Information Not Published in Clinical Drug Trials
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article entitled “What You Don’t Know About a Drug Can Hurt You.”
23 Dec
2008
23 Dec
2008
The Use of Ghostwriters by Wyeth is Questioned
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, has repeatedly made the news with his ongoing investigation into drug industry influence on doctors.
18 Nov
2008
The JUPITER Study — Is the News as Encouraging as It Seems?
Every major news wire service was abuzz this past week over Crestor. The study released November 9 involved 18,000 patients, and supplied powerful evidence that statins save lives by driving down blood cholesterol and reducing inflammation in arteries as measured by high blood levels of C-reactive protein. In the study published in the New England Journal […]
04 Nov
2008
The FDA Lets Thousands of Devices onto the Market Each Year with Only Cursory Review
When it comes to healthcare, is newer necessarily better? The idea that newer drugs are better than those that have been on the market for years has recently come under scrutiny. The higher costs of newer drugs, together along with their unknown side effects and contraindications, have led to the suggestion that one should never […]