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Avast Avastin!
By: Charlea T. Massion and Adriane Fugh-Berman ,Breast Health, Drugs and Devices, FDA Advocacy, Rx for Change Deep Dive ArticlesWhy won’t ineffective treatments go away? The story of the use of Avastin for breast cancer treatment is a cautionary tale about how pharmaceutical companies dupe health care providers and consumers into accepting — even demanding — inferior drugs, and...
FDA Meeting – Naltrexone/Bupropion (Contrave)
By: Kate Ryan ,Contrave, FDA Advocacy, Naltrexone/Bupropion, Obesity, Orexigen, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Drugs TestimonyFood and Drug Administration (FDA) Gastroenterology Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee
Friends Don’t Let Friends Take Avandia
By: Charlea T. Massion, MD, and Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,Diabetes, Drugs and Devices, FDA Advocacy, Rx for Change, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesIn mid-July, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee voted to keep the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) on the market, while simultaneously acknowledging not only that the drug increases the risk of heart attacks, but also that there are...
Over-the-Counter Sales of Medical Records
By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,FDA Advocacy, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesIn all likelihood, every time you fill a prescription, information about you is sold to a company that then resells that information to pharmaceutical companies for promotional purposes.
Rx for Change: Waiting Room Activism
By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,Drug Companies, FDA Advocacy, Rx for Change, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive Articles“Even the scale I was weighed on had the name of a drug on it – a weight loss drug,” said my friend, after visiting her doctor. If it’s any consolation, the ad wasn’t directed at her.
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