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A Pill for Every Ill: Cashing in on World Health (1986)
This profile of international pharmaceutical corporations is by Professor John Braithwaite of Australian National University, author of the 1984 book Corporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
http://www.newint.org/issue165/corrupt.htm |
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Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP) Home Page
AHRP is a "national network of lay people and professionals dedicated to advancing ethical and responsible medical research practices, to ensure that the human rights, dignity and welfare of human subjects are protected, and to minimize the risks associated with such endeavors." An excellent, constantly updated online source of investigative drug information and citizen advocacy.
http://www.ahrp.org/ |
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Association of Funding and Conclusions in Randomized Drug Trials: A Reflection of Treatment Effect or Adverse Events? (Aug. 2003)
Results of a study by Bodil Als-Nielsen, et al., in the August 20, 2003 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/290/7/921 |
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Big Pharma, Bad Science, by Nathan Newman (2003)
An investigative article documenting pharmaceutical company influence over medical journal publications, published July 25, 2003 in the U.S.-based The Nation.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020805&s=newman20020725 |
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Bush Administration Moves to Suppress Documents on Vaccines (Dec. 2002)
A story by Joanne Laurier documenting steps by the Bush administration to protect drug company (and former principal DES manufacturer) Eli Lilly from lawsuits for its production of the preservative "thimerosal".
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/dec2002/vacc-d10.shtml |
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Bush Wants to be your Shrink (August 2004)
An essay by American researcher Jordanne Graham on the implications of national mental illness screening in the U.S. and drug company profiteering, published August 8, 2004 in the online publication Intervention Magazine.
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=830 |
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Bush's 'Surreal' Choice for AIDS Czar (2003, July 4)
A story documenting Bush's choice of Eli Lilly chief Randall Tobias to head the U.S. "global AIDS" program.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EG04Aa02.html |
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Bush's AIDS Test (October 9, 2003)
An article by Naomi Klein originally published in the U.S. publication The Nation, reproduced by the Global Policy Forum website.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/econ/2003/1009bushaidstest.htm |
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Bush's Mental Illness Screening Squad on the Move (2006)
An article by Evelyn Pringle published July 11, 2006 in Countercurrents (www.countercurrents.org).
http://www.countercurrents.org/pringle110706.htm |
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CBC News Marketplace: Medical Ghostwriting (2003)
This companion website displays the major information provided in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television program "Marketplace" and its special segment aired May 25, 2003 on "medical journal ghostwriting." Very important information for DES-exposed persons who want to know about the validity of existing published biomedical research on DES.
http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/health/ghostwriting/index.html |
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Clinical Trials and Industry Influence: Major Report (2000)
Reproduction of a story from the New England Journal of Medicine discussed in The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource, Newsletter #344 by John S. James.
http://www.thebody.com/atn/344/trials.html |
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Dark Origins of DES: Excerpts from Barbara Seaman's "The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women" (2003)
These excerpts from Barbara Seaman's book tell of the push to get DES approved by the still new Food and Drug Administration in the early 1940s. Must-reading for understanding the impact of drug company profiteering at the expense of human needs.
http://www.intersexualite.org/DES_Info.html#anchor_5 |
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Demolished: The Myth that Allows Drug Giants to Sell More (Dec. 8, 2003)
A story by Steve Connor published by the U.K.'s newspaper Independent, this story exposes the history of drug company mythology about "miracle drugs". Notable for its lessons regarding historic promises by the drug companies about the "benefits" of DES use for pregnant women.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1208-01.htm |
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Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Prescription Drugs (2002)
This report is part of a Canadian nationwide campaign by the Working Group on Women and Health Protection to draw attention to the harmful effects of drug company direct marketing of drugs to consumers--and references the story of DES as a backgrounder. DES Action Canada is a member of the Working Group.
http://www.whp-apsf.ca/en/documents/dtca.html |
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Eli Lilly Profile, from Vaccine Truth (2003)
This series of collected articles documents the methods by which Eli Lilly (former top DES manufacturer) has gained protection from the Bush White House.
http://www.vaccinetruth.org/eli_lilly.htm |
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Eli Lilly, Zyprexa & The Bush Family: The Diseasing Of Our Malaise (2004)
An article by psychologist Bruce Levine published May 8, 2004.
http://www.rense.com/general52/exc.htm |
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FDA's Counsel Accused of Being Too Close to Drug Industry (July, 2004)
News story by Jeanne Lenzer published in the July 24, 2004 issue of the British Medical Journal (www.bmj.com).
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/bmj;329/7459/189 |
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FDA's McClellan, 'Loved by Industry', Seeks Fast Drug Reviews (November 2003)
A news story published November 11, 2003 by Bloomberg news service.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=ag8zIR._AD9A&refer=news_index |
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Foregone Conclusions: The Public is being Regularly Deceived by the Drug Trials funded by Pharmaceutical Companies (Jan. 2004)
Article by Richard Smith originally published January 14, 2004 in the UK's Guardian newspaper.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0114-05.htm |
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George Bush and the Corporate Connection, by Richard Lederman (2001)
Documents the historic role of major pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly in supporting Bush. Also documents the historic role of Nazi Germany's IG Farben.
http://www.hopedance.org/archive/issue27/articles27/bush.htm |
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Medical Journals and Pharmaceutical Companies: Uneasy Bedfellows (2003)
Full-text edition of an article by Richard Smith, editor of the British Medical Journal. Published in the May 31, 2003 issue of the BMJ.
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7400/1202 |
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Monitoring the Pill Pushers: An Overview of the Global Pharmaceutical Industry (2000)
Investigative study published in the Corporate Research E-Letter of December 2000 by the Corporate Research Project of the U.S. nonprofit organization Good Jobs First.
http://www.corp-research.org/dec00.htm |
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No More Free Lunches: Patients will Benefit from Doctors and Drug Companies Disentangling (May 2003)
An editorial published in the British Medical Journal May 31, 2003.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7400/1155 |
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Open Secrets: Pharmaceutical/Health Products Industry Political Finance Activity in the U.S. 1990-2006
This index documents the trends of financing public elections in the U.S. by major pharmaceutical manufacturers.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=H04 |
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Pharma Buys a Conscience (Sept. 2001)
An article published by Carl Elliott in the online American journal The American Prospect, September 24, 2001.
http://www.prospect.org/print/V12/17/elliott-c.html |
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Pharmaceutical Companies Accused of Manipulating Drug Trials for Profit (April 2004)
Article by JEREMY LAURANCE originally published in the UK newspaper Independent, April 23, 2004.
http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/2004/Drug-Trials-Profit23apr04.htm |
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Pharmaceutical Industry Sponsorship and Research Outcome and Quality: Systematic Review (May 2003)
Abstract of a paper by Joel Lexchin, et al. published in the May 31, 2003 issue of the British Medical Journal.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/326/7400/1167? |
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Politics and Science: Investigating the Bush Administration's Promotion of Ideology Over Science (2003-04)
This website was developed by U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, and documents the continuing efforts of the Bush administration to "manipulate, distort, or interfere with science on health, environmental, and other key issues."
http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/features/politics_and_science/index.htm |
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Politics and Science: The Attack on the National Institutes of Health (October/November 2003)
This portion of the Politics and Science website of Congressman Henry Waxman focuses upon the politicization of NIH-funded research on sexuality and reproductive health issues. See in particular the October 27, 2003 listing of the "Hit List".
http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/features/politics_and_science/example_nih.htm |
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Power Grab by Federal Government Sets Stage for Forced Vaccination in America: Drug Companies Get Liability Protection (2002)
This commentary and information backgrounder is by Barbara Loe Fisher, President of the National Vaccine Information Center.
http://www.909shot.com/Issues/homeland%20security.htm |
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Profit Margins and Mortality Rates, by Joanne Mariner (November 2003)
An article from Findlaw.com on the impact of Big Pharma on U.S. HIV/AIDS policy, to the detriment of the world's HIV victims.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17281 |
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Scandals Have Eroded U.S. Public's Confidence in Drug Industry (July 2004)
A news story by Jeanne Lenzer published in the July 31, 2004 edition of the British Medical Journal (www.bmj.com).
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7460/247 |
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Science Gets Sacked, Commentary by Jennifer Block (2003)
Article on the practices within the Bush Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, and other federal health agencies to alter research "findings" and results to suit ideological objectives. Published in August 14, 2003 issue of The Nation.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20030901&s=block |
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The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers (2003, book review)
Review of the book "The Big Fix" by Katherine Greider (published 2003), produced in the May 31, 2003 issue of the British Medical Journal.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7400/1218 |
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The Feds and the Pharms: An Unhealthy Alliance, by Wanda Hamilton (July 2001)
A story which investigates the implications of close ties between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and major pharmaceutical companies.
http://www.forces.org/evidence/pharma/fedspharm.htm |
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The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket (1995)
An investigative report in two large sections by Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research, based in Australia.
http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/research/drug.html |
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The Politics/Pharmaceuticals Nexus: U.S. Government/Pharmaceutical Industry Connections Updates
This web page monitors ongoing stories investigating the close connections between major pharmaceutical companies (including former DES manufacturers) and the U.S. government.
http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/politics/ |
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The Real Drug Lords, by Wayne M. O'Leary (2003)
Article which explores the political influences within the U.S. government of Big Pharma, the major pharmaceutical corporations.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=13831 |
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The Revolt Against Big Pharma (October 2004)
Article by Katrina vanden Heuvel published in the October 8, 2004 issue of The Nation magazine.
http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=1889 |
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The Truth About the Drug Companies (July, 2004)
Full-text article by Marcia Angell published in the July 15, 2004 issue of the New York Review of Books.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17244 |
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U.S. Wrecks Cheap Drugs Deal: Cheney's Intervention Blocks Pact to Help Poor Countries After Pharmaceutical Firms Lobby...(2002)
A news story originally published by the UK's Guardian newspaper on December 21, 2002.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1221-01.htm |
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Who Pays for the Pizza? Redefining the Relationships Between Doctors and Drug Companies. 1: Entanglement (May 2003)
This article by Ray Moynihan is published in the May 31, 2003 issue of the British Medical Journal.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7400/1189 |
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Why Do Pharmaceutical Drugs Injure and Kill? (1996)
An investigative report by Robert Ryan, reproduced by Australia's Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research.
http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/research/injure.html |
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Yahoo! Finance: Industry Center--Pharmaceutical Industry Profile (ongoing)
Yahoo's information page and overview of trends in the pharmaceutical industry, including links to all major international manufacturers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/profile/majrrx_1486.html |
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