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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
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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