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Pharma Insider II
Opposition research
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Pharma Insider I
Off-label promotion under the radar
(read transcript)

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The Art of Medical Writing
Pharma's anonymous writers

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Drug Reps Talk Shop II
Drug reps continue their chat

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Drug Reps Talk Shop I Selling drugs to docs

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Director of PharmedOut Explains the Project

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Zyprexa Drug Rep Tells All Shahram Ahari describes how he sold the drug

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News

Drugs to Build Bones May Weaken Them
Long-term bisphosphonates associated with transverse fracture NYT

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Genentech Ends Midstage Studies of an Avastin Drug Combination
Sutent addition causes hemolytic anemia AP

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Grassley Targets Brown’s Keller Over Grants
Advocated Paxil for adolescents Pharmalot

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Vermont Doctors Collect Millions from Drug Firms
Psychiatrists head the list Burlington Free Press (read VT AG report)

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Drug Industry to Announce Revised Code on Marketing
Bans the pens, keeps the food NYT (read PhRMA press release; WSJ blog)

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Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties
30% of APA's funding from pharma NYT

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Follow-up Drug Studies are Becoming More Routine
Postmarketing studies required for 75% of new drugs Boston Globe

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Brazil Launches Cheap New Malaria Pill
Patent-free treatment Windsor Star

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Pill-popping Pets
Reconcile, Clonicalm, and other drugs NYT

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Eli Lilly Most Esteemed Pharma Company for Psychiatrists
Verispan finds Pfizer most esteemed overall MM&M

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Drugmakers Offer Aid To People 'On the Edge'
Needymeds site underutilized WP

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Commentary

Deceptive Market Practices in the Marketplace of Ideas
“Think tanks” distorting health care debate Bioethics Forum

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