Study examines FDA influence on design of pivotal drug studies An examination of the potential interaction between pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss future studies finds that one-quarter of recent new drug approvals occurred… Read More ›
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Discrepancies between trial results reported on clinical trial registry and in journals ( nearly all had discrepancies )
– nearly all had at least 1 discrepancy in the study group – Our findings raise questions about accuracy of both ClinicalTrials.gov and publications, as each source’s reported results at times disagreed with the other. During a one year period,… Read More ›
Several FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs induce stem cell tumors, perhaps thwarting therapy
Drosophila intestines provide ‘ready-made stem cell microenvironments’ that are ‘difficult-to-impossible’ to create in petri dishes, offering an unconventional screen that allows researchers to test drugs in vivo. Credit: University of Massachusetts Amherst Using a new approach to systematically… Read More ›
Drug company CEO hangs up on charity head who called with offer to pay $50,000 for life-saving treatment for a dying 7-year-old boy
– the company received $72 million in federal funding to develop Brincidofovir The CEO of pharmaceutical company that could supply a life-saving anti-viral drugs to a 7-year-old cancer sufferer refuses to hand the drugs over Chimerix chief Kenneth Moch hung… Read More ›
CBS This Morning – “Says Supplements no good for the Heart” Silly Silly CBS
Quick rebuttal to the inaccurate statement that nutritional supplements are an ineffective tool against heart disease. The CBS Doctor Tara Narula reading from a scripted source … Made the inaccurate statement that nutritional supplements have no positive impact on heart health…. Read More ›
Pharmaceuticals: A market for producing ‘lemons’ and serious harm
EEV: Re-Post Request Public release date: 17-Aug-2010 – they spend two to three times more on marketing than on research to persuade doctors to prescribe these new drugs – Doctors may get misleading information and then misinform patients about the… Read More ›
FDA fails to withdraw unproven blood pressure drug that has been on the market for 18 years in spite of the manufacturer’s failure to submit evidence that it actually helps patients
Public release date: 16-Aug-2010 – HRR: UPDATE As of 15 FEB 2014 ProAmatine or generic versions are still on the market being prescribed – According to the GAO, the FDA has never once pulled a drug off the market due to… Read More ›
After Avandia: Does the FDA Have a Drug Problem?
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 HRR: How a drug company intentionally kills thousands for profit and no one goes to jail. – the agency decided to keep the drug on the market — a move worth billions of dollars to GSK but that… Read More ›
Doctors Group Sues FDA over ( Daxas, Daliresp) , Roflumilast for COPD
Highlights: -Physicians for Integrity in Medical Research says in its federal complaint against Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg – best-case scenario showed that roflumilast reduced the number of exacerbations by one episode a year for every five patients… Read More ›
Doctors Group Sues FDA, Saying Drug Does More Harm Than Good
roflumilast, a drug used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM LOS ANGELES (CN) – A physicians group sued the U.S. FDA, seeking revocation of FDA approval of roflumilast, a drug used to treat chronic obstructive… Read More ›
Poll: Americans want the government to stop banning everything they like
Posted By Breanna Deutsch On 6:40 PM 12/14/2013 In Americans want the government to stop acting like their mother. According to a Reason-Rupe poll, Americans do not want government to ban trans-fats, e-cigarettes, online poker, violent video games or genetic… Read More ›
FDA’s Manure Proposal: What’s the Big Stink About? BYE BYE Large Organic Farming?
If you’ve caught wind of the controversy around proposed laws on food safety, then you know that a lot of folks are knee-deep in talks about manure. Black gold – as farmers have been known to call it – manure makes… Read More ›
Blue Cross Conspired to Destroy Company Serving Hemophiliacs, Firm Says
By IULIA FILIP WEST PALM BEACH (CN) – Blue Cross Blue Shield destroyed a health care company by refusing to pay claims of its hemophiliac patients and conducting a “witch hunt” that destroyed its reputation, the… Read More ›
Study examines expedited FDA drug approvals, safety questions remain / Avg. Drug is tested on only 104 patients prior to approval
Contact: Renee Brehio rbrehio@ismp.org 704-831-8822 The JAMA Network Journals Fewer patients were studied as part of expedited reviews of new drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 and some safety questions remain unanswered, according to… Read More ›
Ew! Injectable antibiotic ( VOLUNTARY ) recall prompted by floating bits of hair, cotton and metal inside drug vials
The FDA announced a recall of cefepime, an intravenous drug used for pneumonia, urinary tract, skin, and abdominal infections The visible particles in the drug, which was distributed nationwide, can cause blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks, among other catastrophic … Read More ›
INSIGHT-Big Pharma braces for retirement of favorite regulator
Source: Reuters – Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:59 AM Author: Reuters By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The retirement of Dr. Janet Woodcock as head of the Food and Drug Administration’s pharmaceutical division is at least a… Read More ›
Drug companies paid big bucks to attend FDA painkiller meetings
Article by: Peter Whoriskey Washington Post October 6, 2013 – 11:15 PM WASHINGTON – A scientific panel that shaped the federal government’s policy for testing the safety and effectiveness of painkillers was funded by major pharmaceutical companies that paid… Read More ›
Foot Cream Kills HIV by Tricking Cells to Commit Suicide
Ciclopirox is currently approved by the FDA as a topical antifungal cream (Credit: Fougera) A common drug that dermatologists turn to treat nail fungus appears to come with a not-so-tiny side effect: eradicating HIV . Ciclopirox is currently approved by… Read More ›
Could dog food additive prevent disabling chemotherapy side effect?
Contact: Stephanie Desmon sdesmon1@jhmi.edu 410-955-8665 Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins researchers find, in mice, that common preservative may thwart pain and damage of peripheral neuropathy Working with cells in test tubes and in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered… Read More ›
Flu vaccine backfires in pigs / vaccinated against H1N2 influenza were more vulnerable to the rarer H1N1 strain
Antibodies against one strain increase risk of infection with another. Beth Mole 28 August 2013 Pigs vaccinated against H1N2 influenza were more vulnerable to the rarer H1N1 strain. Andy Rouse/Photoshot Preventing seasonal sniffles may be more complicated than researchers suspected…. Read More ›
High BPA levels in children associated with higher risk of obesity and abnormal waist circumference
Contact: Mary F. Masson mfmasson@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System Effects of chemical used in products for kids like baby bottles, plastic toys examined in study published in Pediatrics Ann Arbor, Mich. — Children who have higher levels of… Read More ›
Health Research Report 19 AUG 2013 – Video
Topics: Sugar is Toxic, Doubles the Death rates in mammals * Aug 13 Journal of Nature Communications 6 Months of Fish Oil Reverses liver disease in Children * Online Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition — The Fish Oil… Read More ›
Cancer-causing arsenic retained in chicken meat – FDA
Photo: EPA After a year of dismissing the issue the FDA finally admitted that chicken meat sold in the United States does contain doses of arsenic – a highly poisonous cancer-causing chemical lethal in high does. Arsenic is reported to… Read More ›
6 months of fish oil reverses liver disease in children with intestinal failure, study shows
Contact: Amy Albin aalbin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-8672 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Children who suffer from intestinal failure, most often caused by a shortened or dysfunctional bowel, are unable to consume food orally. Instead, a nutritional cocktail of sugar,… Read More ›
Drugs now to be approved based on a educated guess that it will help the patient, not necessarily improved survival
U.S. drugmakers cheer ‘speed lane’ for breakthrough therapies Source: Reuters – Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:53 PM Author: Reuters By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – A new regulatory pathway could shave years off the traditional drug approval process… Read More ›
BPA and Chlorine Means Bad News: Modified Forms of Bisphenol A Found to Alter Hormone Signaling in New, Disturbing Ways
The ubiquity of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A led researchers to ask what it might be doing in publicly supplied, chlorinated drinking water. The answer: Chlorinated BPA has different, but no less profound effects on cell-signaling networks than unmodified BPA…. Read More ›
International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting / 1,677 illegal pharmacy Web Sites claiming to be CVS, Walgreens etc..
Pill of Goods: International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting Court documents review process that led the FDA to shut down more than 1,600 illegal pharmacy Web sites By Dina Fine Maron | Wednesday, July 3, 2013 | 5 Pill… Read More ›
Artificial Sweetener ( Mannitol ) a Potential Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
Monday, June 17, 2013 TAU researcher says mannitol could prevent aggregation of toxic proteins in the brain Mannitol, a sugar alcohol produced by fungi, bacteria, and algae, is a common component of sugar-free gum and candy. The sweetener is also… Read More ›
The shocking list of foods readily available in US grocery stores that are BANNED in other countries for containing dangerous chemicals
In Singapore, you can get sentenced to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine for using a chemical in food products that’s common in frozen dinners Mtn Dew and products used to keep carpets from catching on fire are… Read More ›
Off-Label Marketing Puts Novartis in Hot Water – Sold to Children and is a Carcinogen
Off-Label Marketing Puts Novartis in Hot Water By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – Novartis Pharmaceuticals must face claims that it promoted the use on infants of a drug that U.S. regulators have deemed harmful, a federal judge ruled. While working as… Read More ›
Exposed: Edward Erin, the doctor whose faked asthma drug test results proved fatal
Fabricated research was not discovered until Edward Erin tried to poison his girlfriend John Lawless Monday, 17 June 2013 A British doctor faked test results during clinical trials for an asthma drug in which one person died and others contracted… Read More ›
Investigation into safety of new diabetes drugs — will manufacturers release their data?
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmj.com 44-207-383-6529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Joint BMJ/Channel 4 Dispatches investigation The BMJ and Channel 4 Dispatches investigated and found that evidence suggesting potential harm from the drugs in industry studies has not been published. Some independent studies… Read More ›
FDA – 2012 law now in effect which lifts conflict of interest restrictions on FDA advisory panels
Contact: Kathy Fackelmann kfackelmann@gwu.edu 202-994-8354 George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services Conflict-of-interest restrictions needed to ensure strong FDA review Panel members with ties to industry might lead to approval of unsafe drugs, new analysis suggests WASHINGTON,… Read More ›
Motorola shows off tattoo and swallowable password hardware
Mobe manufacturer playing long game for end times By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 31st May 2013 19:26 GMT Regcast training : Hyper-V 3.0, VM high availability and disaster recovery Motorola has shown off an electronic authentication… Read More ›
Those expected to benefit the most from Avastin based on genetic testing had the worst survival rates. Yet they keep justifying its Use.
Avastin fails studies in new brain tumor patients By MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Associated Press – CHICAGO (AP) — New research raises fresh questions about which cancer patients benefit from Avastin, a drug that lost its approval for treating breast cancer nearly… Read More ›
Japan halts some U.S. imports after modified wheat found
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and NIGEL DUARA Business May. 31, 2013 – 03:15PM JST ( 20 ) WASHINGTON — Japan has suspended some imports of U.S. wheat after a genetically engineered version of the grain was found on a U.S…. Read More ›
Cholesterol-drugs cause unusual swellings within neurons resulting in cognitive disturbances
Contact: La Monica Everett-Haynes leverett@email.arizona.edu 520-626-4405 University of Arizona Research reveals possible reason for cholesterol-drug side effects University of Arizona researchers have identified a clue to explain the reversible memory loss sometimes caused by the use of statins, one of… Read More ›
Watchdogs Blast EPA for Allowing Arsenic in Chicken & Swine Feed
By REBEKAH KEARN (CN) – Lax federal regulators allow arsenic-based additives in chicken and swine feed that can cause cancer in humans, the Center for Food Safety claims in court. Eight other watchdogs joined the Center for Food… Read More ›
Troubling levels of toxic metals found in lipstick
Contact: Sarah Yang scyang@berkeley.edu 510-643-7741 University of California – Berkeley Berkeley — A new analysis of the contents of lipstick and lip gloss may cause you to pause before puckering. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Public… Read More ›
The real cancer killer: rip-off prices for drugs
Doctors say industry ‘profiteering’ threatens lives Jeremy Laurance Sunday, 28 April 2013 An influential group of cancer experts has warned that the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for cancer drugs are effectively condemning patients to death. The group of… Read More ›
40 percent of parents give young kids cough/cold medicine that they shouldn’t
Contact: Mary F. Masson mfmasson@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System Many parents disregard label warnings, give children under age 4 common medicines, according to new U-M National Poll on Children’s Health ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Children can get five… Read More ›
Research suggests popular diabetes drugs can cause abnormal pancreatic growth in humans
Contact: Enrique Rivero erivero@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2273 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Individuals who had taken a type of drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes showed abnormalities in the pancreas, including cell proliferation, that may be associated… Read More ›
FDA redactions policy violates Freedom of Information Act / Conceals Drug and Medical device dangers form the public
Open gov’t groups: FDA redactions rules skirt law Transparency groups: Long-standing FDA redactions policy violates Freedom of Information Act By Matthew Perrone, AP Health Writer | Associated Press – 22 hrs ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal policy that allows the… Read More ›
Kraft under pressure over ‘cancer-causing’ yellow food coloring in Macaroni & Cheese after 41,000 sign petition to ban additive
Mothers Lisa Leake and Vani Hari have generated 41,482 signatures on a Change.org petition demanding that Kraft remove two food dyes from its Macaroni & Cheese The two dyes – yellow 5 and yellow 6 – are used only in… Read More ›
Johns Hopkins study: Risk of pancreatitis doubles for those taking new class of diabetes drugs
Contact: Stephanie Desmon sdesmon1@jhmi.edu 410-955-8665 Johns Hopkins Medicine People who take the newest class of diabetes drugs to control blood sugar are twice as likely as those on other forms of sugar-control medication to be hospitalized with pancreatitis, Johns Hopkins… Read More ›
BPA may affect the developing brain by disrupting gene regulation
Contact: Rachel Harrison rachel.harrison@duke.edu 919-419-5069 Duke University Medical Center IMAGE: Exposure to BPA may disrupt development of the central nervous system by slowing down the removal of chloride from neurons. As an organism matures and the brain… Read More ›
Dairy Industry Wants to Put Aspartame in Milk ” would particularly benefit school children “
By NICK MCCANN WASHINGTON (CN) – Dairy industry groups have asked the Food and Drug Administration to be able to put artificial sweeteners in milk, and not change the label, claiming that it is so consumers can “more easily identify… Read More ›
Plastic packaging containing chemical BPA ‘harming brain and nerve cell growth in babies’
Steve Connor Monday, 25 February 2013 A chemical widely used in plastic packaging and food containers may be toxic to the central nervous system by interfering with a key gene involved in the development of nerve cells, a study… Read More ›
Fish mislabeling widespread in U.S. and 84% of ‘white tuna’ is a species which causes distressing gastrointestinal side effects
59 percent of fish sold as ‘tuna’ in restaurants and grocery stores is not actually tuna Fish sold as ‘white tuna’ is usually escolar which causes prolonged, oily, anal leakage when eaten in quantities more than six ounces By Daily… Read More ›
Almost one-third of chemotherapy used “off-label”
4:44pm EST By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – About one-third of chemotherapies are used to fight cancers that drug regulators never approved them to treat, says a new study. Chemotherapies – drugs that kill rapidly dividing cells… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 