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Bush Uses FDA To Shield Big Pharma From Lawsuits
Monday, 15 May 2006, 12:09 am | Evelyn Pringle
In January 2006, the FDA announced the Bush administration's latest gift to Big Pharma in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. More >>
Whistleblower Mark Livingston Battles Wyeth Pharma
Friday, 12 May 2006, 3:07 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Washington DC Attorney, Jason Zuckerman, says a positive result of the recent corporate scandals is the recognition of the value of whistleblowers in exposing fraud, corruption, and other wrongdoing within a company. More >>
Ex-Pfizer VP Peter Rost Takes On Goliath
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 11:34 am | Evelyn Pringle
Beginning in 1997, Pharmacia, currently a subsidiary of Pfizer, sought to boost its sales of the drug Genotropin. To that end, the company illegally marketed the drug to spur growth in short children and as an anti-aging drug for adults looking for ... More >>
Kids Dying From Off-Label Use Of Antipsychotics
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:40 am | Evelyn Pringle
A recent USA Today sponsored review of the FDA database from 2000 to 2004 found at least 45 deaths in children under 18 with atypical antipsychotics listed as the "primary suspect," and 1,328 reports of other serious side effects, some life-threatening. More >>
Drive For Oil Company Profits Threatens Economy
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 2:08 pm | Evelyn Pringle
The higher oil prices are a threat to America's overall economy and the skyrocketing costs of heating public facilities and keeping school buses, police cars, emergency vehicles and snowplows running are wreaking havoc on local governments all across ... More >>
Tequin's Serious Injuries - Bristol-Myers Feigns
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 2:08 pm | Evelyn Pringle
On April 27, 2006, Dow Jones reported that Bristol-Myers Squibb had decided to stop selling Tequin, an antibiotic found to increase the risk of blood-sugar problems. BMS made a "recent decision to stop all our commercialization efforts" for Tequin ... More >>
Evelyn Pringle: Karl Rove Indictment Long Overdue
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 2:00 pm | Evelyn Pringle
On April 28, 2006, Jason Leopold, an investigative journalist who has consistently forecast up-coming events in the CIA leak case far in advance of the mainstream media, is citing "sources knowledgeable about the probe" in reporting that: More >>
Big-Mouth Bush Told Clinton How To Handle OPEC
Friday, 28 April 2006, 10:51 am | Evelyn Pringle
While on the campaign trail in 2000, Bush told President Bill Clinton how to handle OPEC, in public no less. “What I think the president ought to do," he said, "is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your ... More >>
Evelyn Pringle: Drip Drip - Paxil Info Leaks Out
Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 12:45 am | Evelyn Pringle
Secrecy agreements in litigation hide information about defective products or a company’s negligence, and sometimes go so far as to prohibit the parties from discussing that there ever was a lawsuit. Such is the case with Paxil and as a result, unwitting ... More >>
Evelyn Pringle: Outing CIA Agent - Keep It Simple
Friday, 21 April 2006, 11:45 am | Evelyn Pringle
For all intent and purposes, the special prosecutor's duty in the CIA leak case is straightforward. How the investigation ever got so complicated is beyond me. Mr Fitzgerald needs to keep it simple. More >>
Ortho-McNeil Knew Ortho-Evra Patch Was Lethal
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 1:48 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Documents have surfaced in litigation that show Ortho-McNeil has been analyzing the FDA's death and injury reports on women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch, and has charts that show a higher rate of blood clots and deaths in women on the ... More >>
Is Shelf Life Of Zicam Nasal Spray In Jeopardy?
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 1:11 pm | Evelyn Pringle
On January 20, 2006, Matrixx Initiatives, Inc, the maker of Zicam cold remedy products, agreed to settle a class action lawsuit by paying out $12 million to 340 plaintiffs, who claim Zicam nasal spray permanently damaged their sense of smell, a condition ... More >>
Pringle: Autism, Worst Welfare Disaster In History
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 1:04 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Scientist and medical experts say that unless the government forces the pharmaceutical industry to pay for the damage caused by mercury-laced vaccines, in the not too distant future, Americans will experience the worst welfare disaster in the history of this ... More >>
Bush and Cheney Directed Wilson-Plame Hit Squad
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 11:59 am | Evelyn Pringle
Now that we've spent millions of tax dollars on the CIA leak investigation, here’s a new bit of information that adds a whole new twist to the saga. More >>
Bush and Cheney Directed Wilson-Plame Hit Squad
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 10:38 am | Evelyn Pringle
Now that we've spent millions of tax dollars on the CIA leak investigation, here’s a new bit of information that adds a whole new twist to the saga. More >>
Evelyn Pringle: Fosamax Does More Harm Than Good
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 12:05 am | Evelyn Pringle
The osteoporosis drug Fosamax has been on the market for a little over ten years now. Drug maker Merck promoted it heavily by selling women the fear of a disabling hip fracture and the necessity of regular bone-density tests. Merck's initial TV ... More >>
About Iraq - Not So Fast Colin Powell
Monday, 17 April 2006, 1:18 pm | Evelyn Pringle
This week I read an article by Rorbert Sheer, that said Colin Powell now says that he and his department’s top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but that Bush followed misleading advice from Dick Cheney and the CIA in ... More >>
Accutane - Another Case of Too Little Too Late
Monday, 17 April 2006, 1:16 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Accutane is prescribed to treat a type of severe acne called nodular acne which causes red, swollen, tender lumps to form under the skin. Accutane is supposed to be used only when all other treatments, including antibiotics, have failed. More >>
Pringle: Bush & Cheney Get Over On Fitzgerald
Monday, 10 April 2006, 1:03 pm | Evelyn Pringle
With the latest revelations in the CIA leak case, the question on the minds of most Americans, is whether Bush and Cheney were the masterminds in an organized plot to destroy Joe Wilson by revealing his wife's name and status as a undercover agent ... More >>
Kids On ADHD Drugs - Dangerous Path To Addiction
Monday, 10 April 2006, 12:50 am | Evelyn Pringle
Experts say the stimulant drugs prescribed for the treatment of ADHD are not only dangerous, they are highly addictive. And although no drug has been approved for the treatment of autism, drugs are routinely prescribed off-label to treat autistic ... More >>
