Pharma giant fined $300,000 for GP ads
Ambiguous wording suggested opioids were core to pain management: TGA.
Tag: Pharma companies
Big Pharma money is skewing research
'Endemic financial entanglement' needs to end, say researchers in BMJ.
Drug company distortion of medical evidence needs to end
Commercial influence over doctors has run-off negative health effects for the general public, and needs to be stopped, writes Dr Ray Moynihan (PhD)…
Is ranitidine safe? Drug watchdogs investigate
A potential carcinogen has been found in both branded and generic versions of the drug in the US.
Big pharma splurged on NOAC events for doctors
Education programs take up more than a quarter of event funds.
Doctors duped in drug company’s 20-year opioid marketing campaign
Johnson & Johnson says it will appeal the billion-dollar US court verdict.
Pharma companies make it easier to track their spending on doctors
Medicines Australia's new centralised database is due to go live on Friday.
Pharma doctor spend pays off for branded scripts
Doctors receiving payments were almost twice as likely to prescribe three brand name gabapentinoids, study shows.
Aussie doctors ‘less likely’ to get international drug safety warnings
The TGA issues fewer alerts on drug risks than its overseas counterparts, say researchers.
Big Pharma accused of ‘endless talk, no action’ on antibiotic threat
Former head of UK review has also called for a new government-utility-type drug company.
