2010 News
PharmedOut In the News - 2010
Academic Docs Kept Speaking on Big Pharma’s Dime
National Public Radio Online, December 20, 2010 (also New Hampshire Public Radio, December 20, 2010)
Area Doctors Get Pharmaceutical Money for Talks About Drugs
Kansas City Star, December 9, 2010
(also Therapeutics Daily, December 9, 2010; Pharmacy Choice, December 10, 2010)
Letter Faults Brown for Inaction on Professor
Brown Daily Herald, December 3, 2010
Drug Industry Ties to Doctors Weaken As Disclosure, Gift Rules Spread
American Medical News, November 29, 2010
Who You Gonna Call? – How Should a Young Academic Respond to a Proffered Conflict of Interest’
Health Care Renewal, November 18, 2010
Ghostwriters in the Medical Literature
ScienceCareers, November 12, 2010
Doctors Cut Some Drug Company Ties Amid Rising Scrutiny
USAToday.com, November 9, 2010
Database Shows Physicians’ Financial Ties
Lexington Herald-Leader Online, November 9, 2010
Doctors’ Ties to Drug Industry Examined
Tennessean Online, November 9, 2010
MDs Slash Some Drug Co. Ties Amid Rising Scrutiny
Associated Press Online, November 8, 2010
Doctor-Drug Company Database Sheds Light
Seattle Times, November 2, 2010
(also Lexington Herald-Leader Online, November 3, 2010; iStockAnalyst, October 29, 2010)
www.bioethicsforum.org, November 2010 (Hastings Center Report 40(6): 5)
Doctor-Drug Company Database Adds to Confusion for Consumers
ChicagoTribune.com, October 28, 2010
PBS Nightly Business Report, October 20, 2010 [Transcript]
Hope Dies for One Type of “Female Viagra” [Magic Pill]
Jezebel, October 8, 2010
Study Shows Ghostwriters Overstated Benefits of HT
Endocrine Today, September 27, 2010
Doctors Feel Entitled to Drug Company Gifts
Pittsburgh Business Times Online, September 16, 2010
Bad Science Medical Ghostwriters Who Build a Brand
Guardian.co.uk, TherapeuticsDaily.com,
September 18, 2010
Professor Points to Ghostwriting at Medical Center
The Hoya, September 14, 2010
Ghostwriters Overstate Drug Benefits, Downplay Flip Side
Netindia123.com, September 13, 2010;
Newkerala.com, Azerbaijanneews.net, RussiaNews.net, webindia123.com, Smashits.com, Deccan Herald, Top-
Australia Hankuk Ilbo, MSN India, Philippine Times, Yahoo! India, PakistanNews.net, Malaysia News.net, Uzbekistan
News.net, TechRadar.com, Kyrgyzstannews.net, Albuquer
queNews.net, South KoreaNews.net, TajikistanNews.net, JakartaNews.net, ArgentinaNews.net, BeijingNews.net, BaltimoreNews.net, Buenos AiresNews.net, Amsterdam
News.net, TurkmenistanNews.net, SriLankanNews.net, AustinNews.net, BangkokNews.net, BruineiNews.net, Sulekha.com, BarcelonaNews.net, PhilippinesNews.net, AustraliaNews.net, BritainNews.net, September 13, 2010
Wyeth’s Ghost in the Medical Machine
Café Pharma, Seeking Alpha, September 12, 2010
Red Flag Raised Over Eye Damage and Lasers
The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2010
Drug Co. Paid Writers to Promote HRT
Health24 Online, September 9, 2010
Study Shows Ghostwriters Overstated Benefits of Hormone Therapy
Hem Onc Today Magazine, September 9, 2010
Federal Appeals Court Declines To Reconsider ‘Pay-For-Delay’ On Generic Drugs
Medical News Today Online, September 9, 2010;
Kaiser Health News, September 8, 2010
Researchers Say Wyeth Paid Writers To Promote Hormone Therapy
Pharma Business Daily Bulletin Online, September 8, 2010
Wyeth Paid Writers to Promote Hormone Therapy: Study
International Business Times Online, September 8, 2010
Drug Co. Paid Writers to Promote Hormone Therapy
Yahoo!, September 8, 2010
The Benefits Of Hormone Replacement Therapy Overstated And Harms Downplayed By Ghostwritten Articles
Medical News Today Online, September 8, 2010
Ghostwritten Articles Overstate Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Downplay Harms
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, RedOrbit Online,
September 8, 2010;
e! Science News Online, R&D Magazine, PhysOrg.com Online, EurekAlert! Online, September 7, 2010
Drug Co. Paid Writers To Promote Hormone Therapy
The Post Chronicle, Thomson Reuters, QualityHealth.com, September 8, 2010;
Thomson Financial News, FinanzNachrichten.de, Thomson Reuters – India, AFX Asia ProFeed, September 7, 2010
Questions Over Ghostwriting in Drug Industry
Scientific American, September 8, 2010;
Nature – Online, September 7, 2010
Ghostwriting Misled Thousands About HRT, Analysis Says
CNN.com, September 8, 2010