MORE ON: pharmaceuticals

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Calif. biotech firms spend $40 million on lobbying in 3 years

March 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
Biotech companies with operations in California – the birthplace of the industry and home to one-third of the country’s biotech firms – spent $40 million on federal lobbying between 2009 and 2011, according to an analysis released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists and... + read more
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Ibuprofen may prevent altitude sickness

March 20, 2012, 12:05 AM
Stanford University researchers have discovered a way to kill the horrible "hangover" symptoms that afflict those susceptible to altitude sickness: ibuprofen. And they discovered this with one of the most atypical, and scenic, double-blind placebo-controlled drug experiments ever... + read more
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Mental health panel has ties to drugmakers

March 16, 2012, 12:05 AM
The majority of the scientific panel revising the U.S. manual for mental health diagnoses have financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry, according to a new analysis. Based on a review of the panelists’ financial disclosures, 69 percent of the working group had current or past... + read more
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State court to examine ‘pay-for-delay’ deals by drugmakers

March 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
California is the first state to examine whether pharmaceutical companies can pay competitors to not make or sell cheaper generic versions of their prescription drugs. The California Supreme Court last month agreed to review a 10-year-old class-action lawsuit involving the antibiotic... + read more
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Calif. drugmaker's HIV prevention pill draws concern

January 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
Foster City drugmaker Gilead recently updated its application with the federal Food and Drug Administration for approval to market its HIV treatment medication Truvada as a HIV prevention pill.  If the FDA approves Truvada for preventive use, it “would be the first agent indicated... + read more
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Lawsuit: Drugmaker gave 'lavish gifts' to 'high-prescribing' doctors

March 21, 2011, 12:05 AM
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones broke new legal ground last week by relying on an obscure section of the state insurance code to go after a big pharmaceutical company for wooing doctors with cognac, cigars and golf outings to prescribe its drugs. Jones, an attorney who worked for Janet Reno... + read more
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Top antipsychotic prescribers also drug promoters

December 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
Three San Diego County doctors who accepted five-figure payments from pharmaceutical companies have emerged on a list of the state’s top prescribers of antipsychotic drugs to the needy, according to state records. Officials from Medi-Cal, the state program for the poor and disabled,... + read more
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Series explores drugmaker payments to doctors

December 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
Medications save lives and bring comfort to the sick. But they’re also a big business. The nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica has been pulling back the curtain on pharmaceutical giants that lavish money on physicians who promote their products. ProPublica data guru Dan Nguyen... + read more
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State health officials under investigation for failing to disclose trips

April 30, 2010, 12:08 AM
Three Medi-Cal pharmacy officials are under investigation by the state for failing to disclose flights, hotel rooms and meals paid for by nonprofit groups that are primarily funded by big drug makers. The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission launched its investigation last month... + read more
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