Big Pharma Takes Another Hit Schering-Plough Corp., the maker of the Vytorin and Zetia cholesterol pills, said first-quarter profit fell 48 percent, less than analysts expected, on costs for acquiring Organon Biosciences NV. Profit excluding some items was 53 cents a share, … [Read more...] about Schering-Plough posts 48% drop
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Surgery Beta Blockers ‘Up Risk’
The use of beta blocker drugs before surgery to cut the risk of heart problems may be counter-productive, a study suggests. Researchers found patients given the drugs were a third more likely to die within a month of surgery than those given a dummy pill. Those on … [Read more...] about Surgery Beta Blockers ‘Up Risk’
Big Pharma Passes the Buck
Drug manufacturers could be protected from side-effect lawsuits. Synthetic drug treachery has plummeted to a new ethical low with a disturbing development that may grant Big Pharma eternal immunity from consumer lawsuits. This most recent affront to justice involves a … [Read more...] about Big Pharma Passes the Buck
GARDASIL® Alert: HPV Vaccine Lawsuits Are in Process
Litigation process may protect our daughters from being ‘One-More’ victim to corporate greed and bad medical policy. On June 8, 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gardasil, the first vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer in girls and … [Read more...] about GARDASIL® Alert: HPV Vaccine Lawsuits Are in Process
European Approach to HPV Testing and Treatment
It is past time for the FDA to recant its Public Health HPV Vaccine policy. We all have to question if Merck’s GARDASIL ® Billion Dollar Gambit is the correct utilization of increasingly limited public health resources, or one of the most infamous transfers of wealth from … [Read more...] about European Approach to HPV Testing and Treatment