by Mooslet Writing Services | Apr 21, 2016 | Clinical Trials
When medical research is performed, the results are published in a peer-reviewed medical journal – such as the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) or the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Publishing their findings is how scientists...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Apr 20, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
Do you ever notice how the prescription drug ads you see on TV are always accompanied by a long list of possible side effects? The FDA requires drug companies to notify you of the risks of taking medication, but some increasingly common prescription drugs have...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Apr 14, 2016 | Big Pharma Business
Pfizer refused to put a ring on it – on Allergan, that is. That’s right: the Pfizer and Allergan merger is off. The two large pharmaceutical companies had been planning a $150 billion wedding, to be celebrated by a honeymoon in Ireland, Allergan’s home turf. The...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Apr 12, 2016 | FDA
If a medical device injures thousands of women and causes hundreds of fetal deaths, how do you think the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should react? Most people would answer: take the device off the market until it’s proven to be safer. Unfortunately, that’s...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Apr 8, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
Last month, an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), called upon the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to add restrictions to the previously-approved obesity drug Contrave. The editorial voiced concerns that pharmaceutical company...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Apr 6, 2016 | Big Pharma Business
Pharmaceutical companies are often at odds with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). It’s become common practice for big pharma to buck compliance with FDA guidelines and then fork over some cash to pay penalty fines. Are pharmaceutical companies really trying to...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Mar 31, 2016 | FDA
Are corporations “people” now? Are they entitled to all the same protections that the Bill of Rights confers on individual citizens like you and me? Should the freedom of pharmaceutical marketing be upheld by laws intended for individuals? Big pharma companies, for...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Mar 30, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
The coming US presidential election has generated a lot of talk about policy issues. But there’s one topic that the campaigns aren’t talking about, and it could just be the one that sways the election: skyrocketing drug prices. Americans Are Worried About Drug Prices...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Mar 25, 2016 | Prescription Drugs
How dangerous are Viagra side effects? Over the past several years, research studies have ping-ponged back and forth on whether Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is linked with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. The most recent study,...
by Mooslet Writing Services | Mar 24, 2016 | Big Pharma Business
If you’re a pharmaceutical executive, there could be better money in getting fired than there is in keeping your job. You see, when pharmaceutical companies merge, their executives get paid very well for the privilege of getting sacked. Never Fear – The Golden...
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