AllTrials: Withholding results costs lives
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Source: PharmaGossip - August 22, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

AllTrials: Doctors are being misled. Reboxetine
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Source: PharmaGossip - August 22, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Dr. John Ioannidis on The Reliability of Biomedical Evidence and H...
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Source: PharmaGossip - August 20, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

A new blog to follow: Chaos Theory and Human Pharmacology
http://chaoticpharmacology.wordpress.com/ (Source: PharmaGossip)
Source: PharmaGossip - August 17, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Illinois Suspends Michael Reinstein's Medical License
Michael Reinstein (Gerald Rich/ProPublica)Illinois medical regulators have indefinitely suspended the medical license of psychiatrist Michael Reinstein, who prescribed more of the most powerful and riskiest antipsychotic drug clozapine than any other doctor in the country.The decision by Illinois' Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, signed Friday, suspends Reinstein's license for a minimum of three years, at which time he can apply to have it reinstated.The state's medical disciplinary board recommended the sanction in May after determining that Reinstein, 71, received "illegal direct and indirec...
Source: PharmaGossip - August 16, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Pharmalot is THE BEST
http://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/ (Source: PharmaGossip)
Source: PharmaGossip - August 16, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Why might Alltrials be mired at the EMA one wonders?
Here are 40 million reasons. The report Divide & Conquer: A look behind the scenes of the EU pharmaceutical industry lobby is available athttp://www.corporateeurope.org/sites/default/files/28 March 2012 DivideConquer.pdf and athttp://haieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/28-March-2012-DivideConquer.pdf (Source: PharmaGossip)
Source: PharmaGossip - August 10, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Broken
http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/347/bmj.f6980.full.pdf (Source: PharmaGossip)
Source: PharmaGossip - July 26, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey is 100
Happy 100th birthday to Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, the pharmacologist whose bold stance against inadequate drug testing saved countless newborns from the perils of thalidomide, a drug which caused severe birth defects in over 10,000 infants. On her first month on the job at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1960, the Canadian-born scientist resisted pressure from thalidomide's manufacturer to quickly approve the drug, which was already being widely prescribed in Europe as a painkiller for pregnant women. As a result of Dr. Kelsey's insistence on further safety testing, the drug was never approved in the US, saving a...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 25, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Poetry Corner - Cancer's a funny thing
J.B.S. Haldane retained his wit even while undergoing cancer treatments — he wrote this poem in a hospital in 1964:I wish I had the voice of HomerTo sing of rectal carcinoma,Which kills a lot more chaps, in fact,Than were bumped off when Troy was sacked.Yet, thanks to modern surgeon’s skills,It can be killed before it killsUpon a scientific basisIn nineteen out of twenty cases.I noticed I was passing blood(Only a few drops, not a flood).So pausing on my homeward wayFrom Tallahassee to BombayI asked a doctor, now my friend,To peer into my hinder end,To prove or to disprove the rumourThat I had a malignant tumour.They pu...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 20, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

GlaxoChinaGate contd. - now GSK admit they had previous form
GlaxoSmithKline China: Company admits to bribery scandal in 2001GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has admitted that members of its staff were caught bribing Chinese officials back in 2001, according to the Financial Times.The new information has emerged as the pharmaceutical giant faces intense scrutiny from authorities in the UK and US regarding the alleged bribing of doctors and officials to boost drug sales to China. Police in the country have accused GSK of "ordering" the bribes.The FT report suggests that GSK was forced to fire 30 employees back in 2001 after it found staff were taking kickbacks and ...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 17, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

AllTrials News - Out of 400 trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 30% haven’t reported results
A new study found that 118 of 400 clinical trials had not reported results four years later in either a journal or on ClinicalTrials.gov. The researchers randomly selected trials that were registered on ClinicalTrials.gov and listed as completed in 2008. They found that trials were equally likely to report results regardless of whether or not they were funded by industry.This is yet one more study to look at the reporting of clinical trial results. The best available evidence is still that around half of all clinical trials have never been published or reported their results.Dr Christopher Gill, the study’...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 16, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Big Pharma pushes the Snake Oil approach
FDA has free-speech, safety issues to weigh in review of ‘off-label’ drug marketing rulesShould a pharmaceutical sales rep be allowed to tell a doctor that Topamax, a drug approved to treat seizures and prevent migraine headaches, might also help combat alcohol dependence? Or suggest the epilepsy drug Neurontin could also help treat bipolar disorders or insomnia? Or offer data showing that any number of other drugs could have uses beyond those listed on their labels?For decades, the answer overwhelmingly has been no. The Justice Department has aggressively pursued companies that run afoul of rules agains...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 10, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Servier distort competition
BRUSSELS — The European Union's antitrust body is imposing a fine of 428 million euros ($580 million) on France's pharmaceutical company Servier and five producers of generic medicines for distorting competition.The 28-nation bloc's executive Commission on Wednesday said Servier struck a series of deals with the producers of generic medicines to protect its bestselling blood pressure medicine, Perindopril, from price competition.EU competition chief Joaquin Almunia says Servier's practices of "systematically buying out any competitive threats" to protect its market was "clearly anti-competitive and abusive."The Commissio...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 9, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

What is called "guolaosi" in Chinese and "karoshi" in Japanese?
Answer: http://arbroath.blogspot.it/2014/07/chinese-man-praised-as-being-example-to.html (Source: PharmaGossip)
Source: PharmaGossip - July 8, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs