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BAD BUSINESS FROM BIG PHARMA: How Kids Are Getting Hooked on Pills for Life
Business  (tags: Big Pharma, children's health, dishonesty, business, corporate, corruption, politics, society, news )

Cal
- 216 days ago - alternet.org
Young children were once expected to outgrow their issues; now they're diagnosed with lifelong psychiatric problems.
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BAD BUSINESS: Big Pharma's Newest Money-Making Scheme: Adult ADHD
Business  (tags: business, corruption, Big Pharma, ADHD Drugs, politics, society, dishonesty, corporate, ethics, humans )

Cal
- 234 days ago - alternet.org
Who belongs to this "untapped" market? Just about anybody.
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BAD BUSINESS: Abbott Laboratories to Pay $1.6 Billion Over Misbranding Drug
Business  (tags: health, healthcare, government, Big Pharma, Abbott Labs, investigation, protection, abuse, business, corruption, corporate, abuse, government, news, marketing, ethics, dishonesty )

Cal
- 380 days ago - cnn.com
Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.6 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote, the U.S. Justice Department said
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Seven Diseases Big Pharma Hopes You Get in 2012
Business  (tags: marketing, money, news, Big Pharma, society, politics, healthcare, health, humans, drugs, news, medicine, corruption, ethics, business, americans, abuse )

Cal
- 533 days ago - alternet.org
Supply-driven marketing not only turns the nation into pill-popping hypochondriacs, it distracts from Pharma's drought of real drugs for real medical problems.
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STRIVING FOR JUSTICE: Australian Barrister Peter Gordon Takes on Drug Giant Grunenthal in Class Action on Thalidomide Read Mor
Business  (tags: law, class action lawsuit, Big Pharma, thalidomide lawsuit, world, politics, society, ethics, corporate, dishonesty, news, government, money )

Cal
- 699 days ago - news.com.au
MELBOURNE lawyer Peter Gordon has launched a landmark international class action against the German makers of thalidomide - the drug behind the world's worst medical disaster
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Big Pharma Set to Take Over Medical Marijuana Market
Business  (tags: business, corporate, Big Pharma, marketing, money, news, politics, society, health, healthcare, protection, business )

Cal
- 763 days ago - alternet.org
Meanwhile, state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries that provide relief for thousands of Americans are under attack by other federal agencies.
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THE PERILS OF BIG PHARMA--60 MINUTES--Bad Medicine: The Glaxo Case
Business  (tags: business, cover-up, corruption, Big Pharma, whistleblowing, bad business, corporate, economy, ethics, dishonesty, politics, marketing, money )

Cal
- 871 days ago - cbsnews.com
Drug company whistle-blower Cheryl Eckard tells Scott Pelley about her experience trying to fix problems at a pharmaceutical factory that made her a key figure in a federal lawsuit and a multimillionaire. WATCH THE VIDEO!
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Asia: Guinea Pigs Aplenty for Drug Giants
Business  (tags: dishonesty, consumers, big Pharma, corruption, corporate, business, politics, society, world, money, ethics )

Cal
- 876 days ago - globalpost.com
Looser laws, cheaper payouts lure more pharmaceutical tests to Thailand.
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15 Dirty Big Pharma Tricks That Rip You Off and Risk Your Health for Profit
Business  (tags: Big Pharma, bad business, dishonesty, corruption, corporate, economy, business, politics, society, usa, world, money, government, ethics, consumers )

Cal
- 882 days ago - alternet.org
Even during a recession, pharma is still the nation's third most profitable sector. Here are some of the dirty tricks it employs to stay on top.
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Ex-Glaxo Lawyer Indicted for Role in U.S. Drug Probe
Business  (tags: abuse, business, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, Big Pharma )

Kathy
- 921 days ago - reuters.com
A former lawyer for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline Plc has been indicted for lying and obstructing an investigation into the company's promotion of an anti-depressant drug, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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BAD BUSINESS: A Spoonful of Sugar? Big Pharma and Diabetes Medication
Business  (tags: business, abuse, corporate, economy, Big Pharma, dishonesty, consumers, society, money, ethics )

Cal
- 1032 days ago - greenleft.org.au
A spectre is haunting the healthcare system -- the spectre of Big Pharma.
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Make the Banks Pay the Government Back or Foreclose on Them
Business  (tags: Banks, Economy, Financial Crisis, Loans, Paulson, Troubled Assets, Wall St. Crisis, Wall Street, Republicans, Neocons, PNAC, illegal wars, bank failures, gas prices, mortgage crisis, BIG OIL, BIG PHARMA, corruption, lies, Business News )

Blue
- 1703 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
If the problem, as "Hank" Paulson repeated Sunday, is that there was no way to value the "troubled" assets, the price is obviously going to be arbitrary. So, why don't we consider it a loan? Banks wouldn't give YOU an extra day/week/month to pay bills...
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Who Should Pay for the Bailout?
Business  (tags: George Bush, Hank Paulson, Bernanke, Greenspan, Gramm, McCain, Republicans, bank failures, mortgage crisis, credit crisis, gas prices, BIG OIL, BIG PHARMA, markets, investments, hedge funds, Cmapaign 2008 )

Blue
- 1704 days ago - economistsview.typepad.com
Luigi Zingales' reaction to the financial market bailout plan, "Why Paulson is Wrong," has been getting a lot of attention...
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Shutting Out the Victims: Big Pharma Seeks Protection From Lawsuits
Business  (tags: pharmceutical companies, lawsuits, US Supreme Court, medical liability, dangerous drugs, prescription drugs, patients' rights, Big Pharma )

RC
- 1719 days ago - latimes.com
Lawsuits against the makers of faulty government-approved medical devices are already forbidden. Now companies that manufacture both prescription and over-the counter-drugs are asking the Supreme Court for the same protection. Outrageous!
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Incessant Disease Mongering Turns Americans Into Profit-Generating Guinea Pigs for Big Pharma
Business  (tags: corporategreed, profit, cancer, drugs, disease, Big Pharma, medicine )


- 2184 days ago - newstarget.com:80
Disease mongering - the practice of pushing disease in order to sell more drugs - has become so routine and so successful in modern medicine that drug companies actually depend on inventing new diseases as a way to ensure future profits.
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