Editor: Drug Firms Don’t Disclose Enough
Three Of The Largest Drug Firms Of "Making A Mockery". The editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine accused three of the largest drug companies of "making a mockery" of efforts to create transparency in clinical trials, saying that could lead some important medical publications to avoid publishing their studies. Dr. … [Read more...]
Baxter, Other Drug Firms Hit With AIDS-Related Lawsuit
Baxter Aids-Related Lawsuits. Baxter and other drug companies sold blood-clotting medicine for hemophiliacs that carried a high risk of transmitting AIDS to markets in Europe more than a year after switching to newer, safer products in the United States, according to a lawsuit filed here Friday. The suit names as plaintiffs … [Read more...]
Most Polled Have Negative View Of Drug Firms
Polled Negative View Of Drug Firms. Most Americans polled realize the positive impact of prescription drugs in their lives but have a negative view of the companies that produce them, a new survey finds. Some 78 percent of participants in the Kaiser Family Foundation poll said they had benefited from prescription drugs, and 91 … [Read more...]
Pitcher’s Widow Sues Drug Firms
Lawsuit Against Drug Firms Over Supplement. The widow of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler on Thursday sued the makers of a weight loss supplement linked to his death during spring training in Fort Lauderdale. Kiley Bechler's suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, seeks $600 million in damages and a ban on … [Read more...]
