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In the second part of a special report, Nina Lakhani exposes how survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster became unwitting guinea pigs in studies funded by Western drug companies.
Secret reports seen by The Independent reveal that drug trials funded by western pharmaceutical firms at the Indian hospital set up for survivors of the Bhopal disaster violated international ethical standards and could have put patients at risk.
Some 14 patients died during the three trials examined by the reports. In one trial, for an antibiotic, five out of seven patients died during the trial or soon after it finished. While there is no suggestion that every death merits compensation, critics say there has been no adequate investigation into whether compensation was appropriate in any of the cases. None has ever been paid.
At least eight other trials were carried out on hundreds of Bhopal gas victims. The Independent has evidence of patients who were unaware that they were taking part in a trial at all. The conduct of the trials has exposed the hospital to furious criticism from activists who say that survivors have been used as guinea pigs without proper informed consent.
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the eugenics never ends with these New World Order scumIn the second part of a special report, Nina Lakhani exposes how survivors of the 1984... more
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As 5800 Canadian brain tumour patients raised a record 1.5 million for brain research in that country, GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca are pulling research into a variety of brain disorders to include, tumours, depression, schizophrenia and most important due to the epidemic nature, alzheimers. This move is purported to be made due to the lucrative quality of cancer. The linked articles all discuss the monies involved.
"Cancer costs the economy half the amount of brain diseases but receives twice as much research money from European governments, said the ECNP."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2003434/Alzheimers-Sufferers-denied-new-treatment-funding-focus-switches-cancer.html#ixzz1PuZKK63J
ALSO: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/228512.php
AND:http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/record-breaking-funds-raised-brain-tumour-patients-across-canada-brain-tumour-foundation-1527946.htmAs 5800 Canadian brain tumour patients raised a record 1.5 million for brain research... more
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The price of a drug used to delay birth in women at high risk of delivering prematurely is going to skyrocket following Food and Drug Administration approval of a prescription form of the product, a synthetic form of the hormone progesterone.
Since 2003, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has recommended that doctors offer the progesterone shots to high-risk women. But because there has not been a commercial product available, women have obtained the drug from so-called compounding pharmacies, which make it to order. The pharmacies have typically charged about $10 to $20 per shot for the drug, which is given weekly.
Last month, however, the FDA approved a commercial form of the drug, called Makena, manufactured by K-V Pharmaceutical Co. of St. Louis. The company said Wednesday that the drug will be available for shipping March 14 and that it will cost $1,500 per dose. The company said, however, that it would establish a "comprehensive patient assistance program" to ensure that the drug was available to every woman who needs it.
Physicians were incensed at the high price K-V plans to charge. "I've never seen anything as outrageous as this," Dr. Arnold Cohen, an obstetrician at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, told the Associated Press. Other doctors echoed his sentiment. The burden for many will fall on insurance companies, which may have to raise rates. The increase will also affect already strapped Medicaid programs.
About 500,000 U.S. infants are born prematurely each year. The March of Dimes estimates that about 10,000 of those premature births could be prevented if eligible women received Makena.
Meanwhile, women are unlikely to be able to continue to get the drug at compounding pharmacies. K-V sent letters to the pharmacies warning them of potential FDA action if they keep distributing the drug.
http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-premature-drug-03092011,0,4847507.storyThe price of a drug used to delay birth in women at high risk of delivering... more
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US pharmaceutical companies get creative when it comes to disorders and drugs to treat almost anything, from canine depression to female sexual dysfunction.
The American drug trade is a multi-billion-dollar business, and is only getting bigger. Meanwhile the industry has been accused of illegally pushing medicine onto the market, often endangering the lives of patients.
In the US, the most common medication prescribed for dogs is to treat aggression and anxiety disorders. Pharmacists admit that Prozac works terrifically on dogs.
Yes, there is such a thing as doggy Prozac, a beef-flavored version of the well-known “human” anti-depressant, government-approved and being proscribed by veterinarians for canines in crisis.
“There is a significant population of dogs which is really suffering from separation anxiety,” reveals veterinary behaviorist E'Lise Christensen, from NYC Vet Specialists.
The drug company, one of the largest, is banking on that. They believe up to 17 per cent of US dogs are suffering from this mental affliction. It is an idea some would scoff at, and as Christensen says “I definitely understand being skeptical.”
“Companies are desperate to keep up their profit margin, and do things to keep the margin up, even though the number of new drugs that are important in the pipeline has diminished,” argues Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen’s Health Research.
It turns out those companies do not need doggy drugs in order for critics to make that case. Medical researchers have crunched the numbers and found the pharmaceutical industry now tops the defense industry as the number one defrauder of the US government.
“That was a finding that I didn't expect. No one had really ever looked at it before and it shows you how out-of-control really the pharmaceutical industry really is,” Dr. Sidney Wolfe said.
In some cases it is criminally out of control, perhaps helping this industry go from selling US$40 billion to $234 billion a year in prescription drugs. Over the last two decades, companies have been cheating and endangering patients. Their biggest violations are overcharging the government by billions and illegally marketing their drugs to treat conditions for which they have not proven safe or effective.
One of the largest criminal penalties ever levied against an American corporation involved the drugs giant Pfizer. The illegal practices included essentially hiring positions despite the buzz about the drug, telling their colleagues to prescribe it for a condition it was not approved for.
And when it comes to the drug companies, disease-pushers may not be an unfair way of describing them, as well as drug pushers – that is what one filmmaker found when tracing a newly-minted disorder.
“Female sexual dysfunction itself is something the pharm industry really pushed for and had a hand in creating,” believes Liz Canner, filmmaker of Orgasm Inc.
That is the conclusion Canner came to after following the process of a drug company developing female Viagra. She says only a small number of women need it, but the company has other plans.
“Their marketing and the amount of money they’re pouring into it really says they’re trying to sell this to the whole population,” insists Liz Canner.
And with commercials for prescription drugs airing on TV in the US, companies are in a position to do just that.
With billions being made and not much to lose, critics say even in the case of crime, for this industry nothing is likely to change.
“Unless people go to jail unless the fines are much larger than they have been the companies will find that it's cheaper to cheat” Dr. Sidney Wolfe said.
Companies that stop short of nothing to find some-syndrome, someone or something new to medicate.
http://rt.com/news/us-pharm-industry-disorders-drug/US pharmaceutical companies get creative when it comes to disorders and drugs to treat... more
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Following doctor’s orders has become synonymous with danger. Every year, FDA approved drugs kill twice as many people as the total number of U.S. deaths from the Vietnam War. Death by medicine flourishes because deceit, not science, governs a doctor’s prescribing habits. This deceit comes in many forms. Medical ghostwriting and checkbook science are the most prominent. ... http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=163:how-drug-companies-deceive-doctors-and-how-hire-ghostwriters-to-produce-articles&catid=38:recentnews&Itemid=55Following doctor’s orders has become synonymous with danger. Every year, FDA... more
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If you're suffering from ringing in your ears, why not try a new product called Quietus? Yes, that's right, a company has named its medication after the suicide ritual in Children of Men.
You'd think that product developers might try Googling a little bit before giving their ear drops a name that will invoke images of mass drownings and suicide drugs. (In the novel, Quietus refers to government-authorized mass drownings of the old and infirm, and in the movie it's a suicide drug.) But maybe the makers of Quietus actually wanted to play into the scifi reference? It's hard not to see a bit of Children of Men in these ad slogans for Quietus. That sound in your head making you want to die? Just try Quietus! It works for everybody.
http://io9.com/5452118/from-the-department-of-clueless-advertising---If you're suffering from ringing in your ears, why not try a new product called... more
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The sales department at WHACKO-TV once again proved that they will take any advertiser. We welcome VASECTA-MEX to our commercial schedule. This recently approved drug is supposed to help men who have been neutered with the pain and discomfort after vasectomy. We sure hope this works.The sales department at WHACKO-TV once again proved that they will take any... more
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Pharmaceutical companies are paying doctors in Massachusetts and across the country stunning amounts of money.
Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly recently released a list of doctors paid to do what's called advising and education. But critics say these payments are for nothing more than a sales pitch, and they create a conflict of interest.
"They're salespeople with MDs after their names," said Dan Carlat, a Newburyport psychiatrist.
Carlat used to be on another drug company's payroll. "I called myself a drug whore," Carlat said. "That really is what it feels like when you're doing it."Pharmaceutical companies are paying doctors in Massachusetts and across the country... more
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WHACKO-TV took its investigative cameras to the woods to talk to Patrick the Pixie about Healthcare. The Healthcare Pixie brings a slightly different perspective to this important problem in our society today. We checked his facts and he is right. You can believe this Pixie.WHACKO-TV took its investigative cameras to the woods to talk to Patrick the Pixie... more
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This is for real. It's a new drug to help you grow better looking eyelashes. Listen to all of the potential side effects from staining your skin to irreversible iris pigmentation. Shouldn't drug companies be trying to cure AIDS or something?This is for real. It's a new drug to help you grow better looking eyelashes.... more
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U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Hundreds of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in a variety of manufacturing, including drugmaking: For example, lithium is used to make ceramics and treat bipolar disorder; nitroglycerin is a heart drug and also used in explosives; copper shows up in everything from pipes to contraceptives.
Federal and industry officials say they don't know the extent to which pharmaceuticals are released by U.S. manufacturers because no one tracks them — as drugs. But a close analysis of 20 years of federal records found that, in fact, the government unintentionally keeps data on a few, allowing a glimpse of the pharmaceuticals coming from factories.U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271... more
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The government is testing drugs with severe side effects like psychosis and suicidal behavior on hundreds of military veterans, using small cash payments to attract patients into medical experiments that often target distressed soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, a Washington Times/ABC News investigation has found.
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I think that this is going to be a big story in the coming months. There was an interesting interview / Q&A with the Executive Editor of The Washington Times on C-SPAN this morning, too.The government is testing drugs with severe side effects like psychosis and suicidal... more
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"Taken just sixteen times a day...when you're ready for the heartbreak to end...""Taken just sixteen times a day...when you're ready for the heartbreak to... more
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What are going to do about the media not even acknowledging John Edwards is a candidate for President? We better get it figured out and do it soon. He needs overwhelming support or their overwhelming blackout is going to work. We can't afford eight more years of what we've had for far too long. We have to have an honest President to rebuild our country.What are going to do about the media not even acknowledging John Edwards is a... more
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