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Our Op-Ed in New Health Policy Book: Making Evidence Matter in Canadian...
Shnier A, Lexchin J. (2013). Canadian Medical Schools Have Poor Conflict of Interest Policies, in Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy. Noralou Roos, Kathleen O'Grady, Shannon Turczak,...
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How much money do the American Board of Internal Medicine board members...
The conflict-of-interest policy adopted by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) was judged to be weak earlier this year by Health Care Renewal, when the recent past-president of the board...
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Part 1: India manufacturer, Ranbaxy, pleads guilty, pays $500 million
The international community is increasingly turning to importing less-expensive pharmaceutical products from other countries. Although large-scale prescription drug importation is not currently legal...
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Part 2: FDA Investigation "Finds Trash Bags of Data"
China and India are two of the largest countries from which Canada and the United States import pharmaceutical products. The US imports approximately 40% of all over-the-counter and generic drugs...
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Novartis under investigation: An arrest, manipulated data, and 10,000 cases...
An ongoing investigation into Novartis' study data has resulted in the retraction of Novartis' studies because of concerns that the involvement of Novartis employees manipulated the results. Novartis...
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Minister of Health calls for steps to improve safe prescribing, but no...
Health Canada has undergone criticism for its lack of transparency and its inability to not only monitor prescription drugs after being approved for the Canadian market, but also recall unsafe...
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"How do we face the outside world when they begin criticizing us for...
It is a commonly known fact that pharmaceutical companies have suppressed unfavourable research. For example, in 1998, GlaxoSmithKline withheld clinical trial data, which showed that paroxetine...
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New Canadian Legislation : Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act...
In 2013, Terence Young, Member of Parliament for Oakville, Ontario introduced the Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa's Law), which has amended the Food and Drugs Act. Vanessa's Law...
View ArticleJohn Oliver hits the nail on the head : Marketing to Doctors
Related resources:ProPublica: Dollars for Docs (American. Canada does not have a similar resource.)OpenPaymentsData.CMS.gov (American. Canada does not have a similar resource.)OpenPharma.ca (Canadian...
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How many days per year do doctors receive money from drug companies?
Number of days in 2014 that Dr. Juichih Hsu received payments from drug and/or medical device companies. 984 individual payments in total over 403 days. Follow link to interactive calendar on...
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Part 2: FDA Investigation "Finds Trash Bags of Data"
China and India are two of the largest countries from which Canada and the United States import pharmaceutical products. The US imports approximately 40% of all over-the-counter and generic drugs...
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Novartis under investigation: An arrest, manipulated data, and 10,000 cases...
An ongoing investigation into Novartis' study data has resulted in the retraction of Novartis' studies because of concerns that the involvement of Novartis employees manipulated the results. Novartis...
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Minister of Health calls for steps to improve safe prescribing, but no...
Health Canada has undergone criticism for its lack of transparency and its inability to not only monitor prescription drugs after being approved for the Canadian market, but also recall unsafe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"How do we face the outside world when they begin criticizing us for...
It is a commonly known fact that pharmaceutical companies have suppressed unfavourable research. For example, in 1998, GlaxoSmithKline withheld clinical trial data, which showed that paroxetine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Canadian Legislation : Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act...
In 2013, Terence Young, Member of Parliament for Oakville, Ontario introduced the Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa's Law), which has amended the Food and Drugs Act. Vanessa's Law...
View ArticleJohn Oliver hits the nail on the head : Marketing to Doctors
Related resources:ProPublica: Dollars for Docs (American. Canada does not have a similar resource.)OpenPaymentsData.CMS.gov (American. Canada does not have a similar resource.)OpenPharma.ca (Canadian...
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How many days per year do doctors receive money from drug companies?
Number of days in 2014 that Dr. Juichih Hsu received payments from drug and/or medical device companies. 984 individual payments in total over 403 days. Follow link to interactive calendar on...
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