Posts tagged pharmaceutical companies

• Michigan People Lose Out Again to Drug Companies

  David Mittleman | April 14, 2012 10:02 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Across the country, pharmaceutical companies are getting hit with huge fines and penalties for making and selling defective drugs. These penalties mean state treasuries are getting repaid for...

• Fake Pharmaceutical Companies Sell Cancer Drugs at 100 Times Their Cost

  David Mittleman | March 23, 2012 8:39 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Lawmakers are investigating three pharmaceutical companies for selling cancer drugs at nearly 100 times their cost. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government...

• Pharmaceutical Companies Use Rx Data Mining to Boost Sales Tactics, Patient Advocates Argue

  David Mittleman | December 03, 2009 4:06 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  When your doctor prescribes you a medication you probably expect that the information stays between you, the doctor, and your insurance company. However, prescription data miners are changing...

• New Pain Med 10x Stronger Than Vicodin Will Hit the Market in 2013

  David Mittleman | January 14, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I'm all for eliminating pain, but a recent report about an opiate10 times stronger than Vicodin sounds really dangerous. Pharmaceutical companies are currently in the last stages of...

• Pharmaceutical Companies Ordered to Pay $162 Million Over Hepatitis C Outbreak

  David Mittleman | October 12, 2011 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Las Vegas, Nevada—three pharmaceutical companies were ordered to pay a total of $162 million in punitive damages after a jury found the companies negligent of distributing large dose vials of...

• Hospitals Buy Back Door Drugs in Times of Desperation

  David Mittleman | September 08, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to a recent survey released by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, hospitals will buy back door drugs in times of desperation. Amidst rising drug prices, hospital purchasing...

• Lawsuits Guide Injury Victims to Justice

  Mark Bello | August 09, 2011 6:56 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As patients, we usually assume that when a doctor prescribes drugs they have been carefully tested. Developing drugs to alleviate or cure certain conditions is a tricky business. Many medications...

• Prescription Drugs With Similar Sounding Names Lead to More Prescription Errors

  David Mittleman | April 02, 2010 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  What if you went to your local pharmacy expecting to get an antacid medication for your sick stomach and instead got medication to treat prostate cancer? Well, according to the Food and Drug...

• Pharmaceutical Companies Look to Private Practice for Doctors Willing to Promote Drugs

  David Mittleman | March 18, 2010 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A few weeks ago I wrote about medical residency programs accepting pharmaceutical industry gifts and the ethical concerns that The Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine has about the...

• Michigan’s Drug Shield Law Is Like Giving Goliath A Bulletproof Vest

  David Mittleman | March 14, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  University of Michigan professor Henry Greenspan hit it on the nose with his editorial on March 10, 2010 in the Lansing State Journal. Professor Greenspan is right to state that Michigan’s...