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  • Re: A further note on Sourcewatch

    Ah, the obfuscation is flying thick and fast! A bit of common sense is in order. Ask yourself, ''If someone gives me a lot of money how likely am I to do what he or she wants if I can?'' I don't know about you. Some of you will undoubtedly claim indifference to where the dollars come from. But it is human nature to be grateful--and to hope for ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by dianasatyr on June 23, 2008

  • Is it ethical to create bias through ethics rules?

    The idea that money always taints needs to be driven out of the heads of those promoting ''ethics''. Since a very large portion of medical research is financed by private companies, most researchers have had some contact. Those who have purposely avoided contact often do so because of their own ideological biases. The drug companies are ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by novaman2000 on May 7, 2008

  • the international obesity task force

    Many prominent obesity researchers have ties to the International Obesity Task Force, which gets very large amounts of funding from drug companies. The task force in many respects just acts as a affluent drug-company funded lobbying group but presents itself as an organization of disinterested and independent scientists. Thr task force has ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by Nerak77 on May 6, 2008

  • Re: Adherence to prescriptions

    This was one of the best summaries of the issue I have ever read. I would add that pharmaceutical companies are key to solving the problem. I know of a drug used to treat MS, which has adherence rates of 95%, because of the patient support program launched by its manufacturer. Because the drug costs $20,000/year, they can afford to provide ''gold ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by jeanlalonde on March 22, 2008

  • Overlooking a Major Why People Don't Use Vaccinations

    Some of us believe that vaccinations and penicillin are being pushed on us and interfere with the body's natural process to develop defenses against viruses, infections, and their symptoms. Some of us believe that should a shot or penicillin suddenly NOT be available, perhaps our own bodies, by having built up some resistance to some of these ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by S.Cloudcroft on February 25, 2008

  • Re: Here's why there are so few phase III volunteers...

    But it stands to reason that the drug companies ought to pay for the trials. Firstly, they are the ones who stand to win big if their drug actually works, therefore they are the ones who ought to take the risk. Secondly, the way insurers are structured financially is to reduce risk; whereas the financial structure of drug companies is to basically ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by gzuckier on January 14, 2008

  • National Medical Association bought by drug companies

    The National Medical Association (NMA) has strong ties to the pharmaceutical industry with approximately 85% of all funding coming from this industry. The NMA has approximately 1,100-1,700 paid physician members with a large portion of them being resident physicians and medical students although in its promotional materials it cites over 25,000 ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by drpeds on September 27, 2007