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GlaxoSmithKline to stop paying doctors for promotional talks #goodnews #healthcare #medicalethics

    CHARLES ORNSTEIN (PROPUBLICA) |   The sixth-largest drug maker already had begun cutting back on paid speaking, ProPublica‘s Dollars for Docs database shows In a major departure from industry practice, GlaxoSmithKline, the sixth-largest global drug maker, announced Tuesday that it… Continue Reading →

Big Pharma CEOs Rake in $1.57 Billion in Pay

Posted: 05/08/2013 8:19 am | Ethan Rome, Huffingtonpost For people who were blown away to learn recently that the 11 largest global pharmaceutical companies made an astonishing $711 billion in profits over the last decade, here’s another measure of the… Continue Reading →

US court pays $6 million to Gardasil Vaccine Victims #goodnews

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 – Alternative Health with Dr. Lind by Peter Lind WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 – Gardasil, the vaccine for HPV (human papillomavirus), may not be as safe as backers claim. Judicial Watch announced it has received documents from the Department of Health… Continue Reading →

The Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)’s reforms: transformative or cosmetic? #medicalethics

Rema Nagarajan 25 February 2013, 08:14 PM IST, TNN The Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)’s has dismantled its Committee on Immunisation which recommends vaccines to be included in the annual immunization schedule. It is being reconstituted as IAP Advisory Committee… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court admits PIL on cancer cervical vaccine trial #goodnews

TNN | Jan 8, 2013, INDORE: The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by local activists alleging that pharma companies had conducted unauthorised drug tests of their vaccine on tribal girls. The petition alleges that… Continue Reading →

Asian countries act to get cheap drugs #rightohealth

SouthViews No. 37, 22 October 2012 SOUTHVIEWS is a service of the South Centre to provide opinions and analysis of topical issues from a South perspective. Visit the South Centre’s website: www.southcentre.org. Staring with Malaysia in 2003, many Asian countries are… Continue Reading →

The dark underbelly of India’s clinical trials business- #medical ethics #humanrights

Incidents at Bhopal and Indore highlight irregularities and ethical violations in some trials Malia Politzer  |   Vidya Krishnan First Published: Wed, Oct 10 2012. , at Live Mint Protesters outside the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre. Photo: Sayeed Farooqui/Mint Updated: Thu, Oct… Continue Reading →

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