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On AlterNet: glaxosmithkline

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "glaxosmithkline"

What's Missing on Your FDA Drug Warning Label: Corporate Influence over the Safety Process

What's Missing on Your FDA Drug Warning Label: Corporate Influence over the Safety Process

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. August 28, 2007.
Ninety-two percent of FDA advisory meetings in the last decade included a member with financial ties to drug companies. A look at how that affects the drugs that are allowed on the market -- even after they're shown to be deadly.

Pooping Yourself Skinny: Today's Pharmaceutical Lifestyle

Pooping Yourself Skinny: Today's Pharmaceutical Lifestyle

John Fischer, Huffington Post. August 6, 2007.
Much like the historical practice of using Mercury to treat syphilis, GlaxoSmithKline's diet drug Orlistat could be an effective solution for the present but a dangerous precedent for the future.

Child Suicide No Deterrent for Profit-Hungry Drug Maker

Child Suicide No Deterrent for Profit-Hungry Drug Maker

Shelley Jofre, CorpWatch. August 1, 2007.
GlaxoSmithKline provides research funding to doctors who write favorable opinions of depression drugs for children, despite evidence from clinical trials that the medication can cause anger and even suicide.