Monthly Archives: September 2009

Big Pharma = Big Salaries

Five months after laying off thousands of employees in Ireland and California, Abbott’s CEO got a nice raise to $33.4 million. Continue reading

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Merck paying off 3,100 families for heart attack/stroke deaths linked to Vioxx painkilling drug

Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Jerome Avorn: “The company’s own data makes it clear that if people had not been on that drug, they would not have had heart attacks or strokes.” Continue reading

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Is Big Pharma onboard the Titanic?

Stock market analyst advises: “It’s time to root for the iceberg!” Continue reading

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Paxil’s link with birth defects buried by GlaxoSmithKline

Why did GlaxoSmithKline bury Paxil’s link to birth defects for over 20 years? Continue reading

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