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drug racket feature articles



Widespread Ghostwriting of Drug Trials Means "Scientific" Credibility of Pharmaceutical Industry is a Sham
Published April 21 2008
Concepts: the FDA, drug trials, Big Pharma, ghostwriting, pharmaceutical industry

Cold medicine scam finally exposed after decades of harming children
Published November 7 2007
Concepts: cold medicine, the FDA, cold medicines, meth, Big Pharma

FDA refuses to pull dangerous diabetes drug Avandia, even knowing it will kill thousands
Published August 1 2007
Concepts: Avandia, the FDA, diabetes, America, diabetes drugs

China executes top FDA official while the U.S. does nothing to counter corruption
Published July 11 2007
Concepts: corruption, china, America, the FDA, drug companies

Incessant disease mongering turns Americans into profit-generating guinea pigs for Big Pharma (opinion)
Published May 26 2007
Concepts: Big Pharma, fictitious disease, drug companies, fictitious diseases, disease mongering

FDA Knew of Avandia's Dangers Nearly Five Years Ago, Memo Shows
Published May 23 2007
Concepts: the FDA, Avandia, drug safety, drug racket, dangerous drugs


U.S. Senators financially enslave Americans as Indentured Servants to Big Pharma
Published May 16 2007
Concepts: America, American people, Big Pharma, monopoly market, drug racket

Americans betrayed by Democratic senators with surprise amendment that protects Big Pharma monopoly
Published May 8 2007
Concepts: Big Pharma, drug racket, FDA reform, corporations, pharmaceutical monopoly

Health freedom action alert: FDA attempting to regulate supplements, herbs and juices as "drugs"
Published April 11 2007
Concepts: the FDA, food, herbs, freedom, alternative medicine

Medical tyranny in Texas turns teenage girls into HPV vaccination profit centers (opinion)
Published February 7 2007
Concepts: Merck, medical tyranny, health freedom, vaccination, HPV

Britain’s largest pharmaceutical company concealed clinical test results that suggested Paxil unsafe, says BBC
Published January 31 2007
Concepts: Paxil, pharmaceutical fraud, pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline, drug side effects

Drug company executives plot strategy for maintaining pharmaceutical monopoly after Democrats take over Congress
Published December 6 2006
Concepts: Democrats, drug companies, pharmaceutical monopoly, drug racket, U.S. congress

Thailand issues license to manufacture generic version of Efavirenz; snubs Merck AIDS drug monopoly
Published December 4 2006
Concepts: AIDS, Merck, Thailand, intellectual property, drug patents

Negative results of drug trials routinely suppressed
Published December 1 2006
Concepts: medical journals, drug trials, medical drug trials, drug racket

WHO launches initiative to wipe out global trade of fake medicines
Published November 17 2006
Concepts: counterfeit prescription drugs, counterfeit drugs, drug racket, America, the WHO

Bush Administration opposes Democratic plan to lower Medicare drug prices through volume purchasing discounts
Published November 14 2006
Concepts: drug prices, medicare, Bush Administration, Medicare reform, drug racket

FDA, FTC have joined forces to remove natural diabetes treatments from the web using campaign of "threat letters," says health advocate
Published October 23 2006
Concepts: the FDA, diabetes, censorship, natural cures, drug racket

U.S. government announces it will stop illegal seizures of prescription drugs from Canada
Published October 4 2006
Concepts: seizures, prescription drugs, U.S. government, drug racket, prescription drug

NIH researcher caught secretly taking big money from Big Pharma
Published September 11 2006
Concepts: NIH, the NIH, drug racket, Merck

Pharmaceutical fraud: How Big Pharma's marketing and profits come before consumer safety and wellness
Published September 7 2006
Concepts: drug companies, America, pharmaceutical companies, medical research, Big Pharma

Neurologist Dr. Fred Baughman talks about the fraud of ADHD and the poisoning of U.S. children
Published August 30 2006
Concepts: adhd, psychiatry, neurology, Adderall, parents

Psychiatric medical journal editor Nemeroff resigns after secret financial ties uncovered
Published August 29 2006
Concepts: conflicts of interest, financial ties, conventional medicine, psychiatry, drug racket

FDA advisory panels rigged; agency rubber stamps drug approvals to please Big Pharma
Published August 29 2006
Concepts: advisory panels, pharmaceutical fraud, drug racket, NaturalNews, pharmaceutical companies

GlaxoSmithKline settles price fraud lawsuit with 40 states
Published August 11 2006
Concepts: GlaxoSmithKline, Big Pharma, Medicaid, drug racket, New York

Millions of American seniors suddenly trapped in Medicare drug plan coverage "gap"
Published July 31 2006
Concepts: medicare, Medicare drug plan, drug racket, prescription drug

FDA to clarify rules for allowing conflicts of interest on decision boards
Published July 24 2006
Concepts: the FDA, conflicts of interest, drug racket, financial ties, legislation

Medical journal reveals that 70 percent of drug decision-making panel members have financial ties to industry
Published July 11 2006
Concepts: financial ties, drug racket, prescription drugs, conventional medicine, drug decision panels

Big Pharma is developing drugs for the most distressing disease of all: Life
Published June 22 2006
Concepts: chemicals, drug companies, food, Big Pharma, pharmaceuticals

Big Pharma scare tactics: How the pharmaceutical industry influences American consumers
Published June 2 2006
Concepts: prescription drug, prescription drugs, Big Pharma, pharmaceutical industry, terrorist

Off-label drug use and the sham of FDA-approved drug safety
Published May 23 2006
Concepts: prescription drugs, drug marketing, drug use, off-label drug use, pharmaceuticals

Drug Industry, Sen. Frist and the White House Conspired to Obtain Broad Liability Shield for Lawsuits Related to Pandemic Illnesses (press release)
Published May 9 2006
Concepts: lobbyists, white house, pandemic, drug industry, lawsuits

TMAP, medication algorithm horrors, and the drugging of our children
Published February 21 2006
Concepts: TMAP, Big Pharma, mental illness, medication, Eli Lilly

States sue the federal government over the Bush drug benefit program (commentary)
Published February 19 2006
Concepts: federal government, drug benefit program, Big Pharma, drug discount program, drug racket

Hey, medheads! Here's the new language of the medication population (satire)
Published October 25 2005
Concepts: diseasification, medheads, fictitious disease, medication, drug companies

Introducing nine new made-up diseases for drug companies to exploit with mind-altering drugs (satire)
Published September 7 2005
Concepts: fictitious diseases, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, general anxiety disorder, mind-altering drugs, drug companies

Psychiatric Drugs: Chemical Warfare on Humans - interview with Robert Whitaker
Published August 27 2005
Concepts: Prozac, antidepressants, the brain, psychiatric drug, the FDA

Leaked documents show Merck knew of Vioxx dangers, yet hid them for years
Published August 6 2005
Concepts: Vioxx, Merck, e-mail, prescription drugs, heart attack

The great direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising con: how patients and doctors alike are easily influenced to demand dangerous drugs
Published July 31 2005
Concepts: advertising, doctors, America, prescription drug, pharmaceutical companies

If the auto industry operated like Big Pharma: fifteen things you might notice
Published July 22 2005
Concepts: prescription drugs, drug companies, drug racket, prescription drug, auto industry

The FDA, Vioxx, and crimes against humanity
Published July 18 2005
Concepts: the FDA, Vioxx, COX-2 inhibitors, prescription drugs, COX-2 inhibitor

Following deplorable attacks in London, pharmaceuticals are still more deadly than terrorists
Published July 7 2005
Concepts: prescription drugs, terrorism, pharmaceutical industry, dangerous drugs, pharmaceuticals

Experiment shows medical doctors to be glorified drug dealers, easily manipulated by drug companies
Published July 2 2005
Concepts: doctors, the FDA, prescription drugs, organized medicine, prescription drug

The beginning of the end of chemical-based medicine
Published May 19 2005
Concepts: Vioxx, chemical-based medicine, scientific revolutions, prescription drugs, dangerous drugs

Drug companies discredit negative studies and blacklist honest researchers
Published May 17 2005
Concepts: drug companies, Merck, Big Pharma, pharmaceuticals, evidence-based medicine

Drug companies allegedly defraud state Medicaid programs with 54,000% markups
Published February 7 2005
Concepts: Medicaid, drug companies, Big Pharma, drug racket, pharmaceutical companies

Merck now under criminal investigation by the Justice Department for Vioxx scandal
Published January 1 2005
Concepts: Vioxx, Justice Department, Merck, the FDA, criminal investigation

Group of doctors accuses drug companies of inventing fictitious diseases to sell more prescription drugs
Published December 15 2004
Concepts: drug companies, fictitious diseases, prescription drugs, doctors, pharmaceutical industry

Governor of Illinois operates program to re-import prescription drugs from Canada
Published December 5 2004
Concepts: prescription drugs, Illinois, the FDA, online pharmacies, drug racket

Big Tobacco racketeering charges mirror pharmaceutical industry crimes
Published November 21 2004
Concepts: drug companies, tobacco, Big Tobacco, racketeering, physicians

Reputation of the FDA in shambles after Vioxx scandal; calls for wholesale FDA reform gain momentum
Published November 6 2004
Concepts: the FDA, Vioxx, FDA reform, Merck, prescription drugs

Merck caught in scandal to bury Vioxx heart attack risks, intimidate scientists and keep pushing dangerous drugs; Vioxx lawsuits now forming
Published November 6 2004
Concepts: Vioxx, Merck, the FDA, dangerous drugs, prescription drugs

Vioxx disaster shows health hazards of prescription drugs, failure of FDA to protect the public
Published October 4 2004
Concepts: Merck, prescription drugs, Vioxx, the FDA, direct-to-consumer advertising

Vioxx only the beginning; antidepressants and statin drugs are medication timebombs
Published October 4 2004
Concepts: statin drugs, prescription drugs, Vioxx, antidepressants, the FDA

Senior FDA officials suppressed initial findings on suicide link to antidepressant drugs
Published August 22 2004
Concepts: suicide, the FDA, antidepressants, drug racket, drug makers

Electronic medical device proven to treat depression suddenly denied approval by FDA
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: the FDA, electromedicine, depression, chronic depression, medical racket

Criminal-minded pharmaceutical industry in the United States intercepts legal prescription drugs being imported from Canada
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: pharmaceutical industry, United States, drug racket, prescription drugs, Big Pharma

U.S. pharmaceutical companies and the FDA responsible for 100 times as many Americans deaths as terrorists
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: prescription drugs, prescription drug, pharmaceutical industry, drugs from Canada, Big Pharma

Vermont defies the FDA and sues to allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: the FDA, prescription drugs, Vermont, prescription drug, drug racket

Pharmaceutical industry accused of crimes against humanity before the ICC in the Hague
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: crimes against humanity, pharmaceutical industry, corporate greed, war crimes, pharmaceutical companies

If Drugs From Canada Are So Dangerous, Where Are All the Dead Canadians?
Published August 7 2004
Concepts: the FDA, prescription drugs, drugs from Canada, prescription drug, pharmaceutical industry

President's Bogus Mental Health Screening Initiative Is a Thinly Veiled Scam to Boost Pharmaceutical Profits
Published August 7 2004
Concepts: mental health, mental health screening, Bush Administration, New Freedom Commission, pharmaceutical industry

As the FDA Banned Ephedra, Over-The-Counter Sudafed Fueled Widespread Harm By Providing Raw Materials for Illegal Methamphetamine Labs
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: Sudafed, the FDA, ephedra, ma huang, meth

Governor of Wisconsin Posts Website That Encourages Citizens to Buy Prescription Drugs From Canada
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: prescription drugs, drugs from Canada, the FDA, pharmaceutical companies, pharmaceutical industry

New Antidepressant Drug Approved, But It's All About Profits, Not Helping Patients
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: antidepressants, pharmaceutical companies, mental depression, the FDA, Eli-Lilly

Lane Labs is latest victim in FDA's war of oppression against nutritional supplements that fight cancer
Published July 30 2004
Concepts: the FDA, Lane Labs, nutritional supplements, cancer, health freedom

Long-term use of Tylenol (acetaminophen) found to cause kidney damage, says new study
Published July 27 2004
Concepts: painkillers, kidney damage, acetaminophen, the FDA, NSAIDs

How statin drug makers lie to consumers in magazine ads
Published July 26 2004
Concepts: prescription drugs, pharmaceutical companies, statin drugs, drug advertising, pharmaceutical fraud

Importation of prescription drugs from Canada rises despite FDA's best efforts to protect Big Pharma's profits in the U.S.
Published July 25 2004
Concepts: the FDA, prescription drugs, drugs from Canada, drug racket, drug imports

The big Bush handout to pharmaceutical companies: mandatory mental health screening for entire U.S. population
Published July 23 2004
Concepts: mental health, prescription drugs, brain chemistry, pharmaceutical companies, Big Pharma

Following revelation that new cholesterol advice came from board members who profit from statin drug makers, medical leaders see no conflict of interest
Published July 17 2004
Concepts: statin drug makers, drug racket, pharmaceutical companies, bad medicine, corruption

Corruption exposed: drug companies gave grants, consulting fees to panelists who issued new cholesterol guidelines that are driving demand for statins
Published July 15 2004
Concepts: corruption, statin drugs, statins, prescription drugs, drug racket

Physicians warn about dangerous overprescribing of statins
Published July 15 2004
Concepts: physicians, statin drugs, statin side effects, medical ethics, modern medicine

If prescription drugs are so good, where are all the healthy drug takers?
Published July 15 2004
Concepts: prescription drugs, prescription drug, statins, pharmaceuticals, statin drugs

Monopoly prescription drug racket goes global with push from Bush administration, pharmaceutical companies
Published July 13 2004
Concepts: drug racket, Bush Administration, prescription drug, free trade, pharmaceutical industry


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