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Does Ethics Play a Role in Drug Trials Anymore?

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

In the January 19, 2008 issue of the British medical journal The Lancet, author Samuel Lowenberg brings up a number of serious questions relating to ethics and drug trials done by the pharmaceutical industry. After reading his brief two page review, it is apparent that a major overhaul in the way clinical trials are done [...]

Tags: Controversial Issues · Disease · Drugs · Health · Medical Research · Opinion

The Vytorin Scandal – Just the Tip of the Iceberg

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Now with the scandal involving Scheering-Plough and Merck, two pharmaceutical giants becoming the biggest news story of the day I have to comment. Do you really think that the study that Vytorin is not beneficial is an isolated incident? If you do, you are sadly mistaken. When I worked for a company that sold clinical [...]

Tags: Drugs · Health · Medical Research · Opinion · Rants