Zut Alors!

Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties

2008-07-14T17:19:03Z

By BENEDICT CAREY and GARDINER HARRIS The New York Times Published: July 12, 2008 It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness from all sides. Psychiatrists would bring to the union their expertise and cl...

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Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways

2008-05-02T20:37:21Z

By GARDINER HARRIS The New York Times Published: April 28, 2008 Drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors, staff members and students in all 129 of the nation’s...

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China sucks some more.

2008-04-22T22:16:00Z

U.S. Identifies Tainted Heparin in 11 Countries By GARDINER HARRIS The New York Times Published: April 22, 2008 WASHINGTON — A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monda...

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Tainted Pills Hit U.S. Mainland

2008-02-06T00:59:03Z

By MICHAEL MELIA The Associated Press Tuesday, February 5, 2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The first warning sign came when a sharp-eyed worker sorting pills noticed that the odd blue flecks dotting the finished drug capsules matched the paint on t...

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F.D.A. Requiring Suicide Studies in Drug Trials

2008-01-24T16:18:38Z

New York Times By GARDINER HARRIS Published: January 24, 2008 After decades of inattention to the possible psychiatric side effects of experimental medicines, the Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug makers to study closely whether ...

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