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pharmaceutical industry feature articles



Whitney Houston killed by prescription drugs and alcohol, not drowning, say coroner officials
Published February 13 2012
Concepts: drugs, drug, prescription drugs, prescription, Whitney Houston

Conclusive link now admitted: swine flu vaccine causes chronic nervous system disorders
Published October 8 2011
Concepts: vaccine, vaccines, WHO, harm, flu

The plot to keep you sick (Opinion)
Published March 8 2011
Concepts: food, men, diet, disease, people

Vaccine philosophical exemptions: A moral and ethical imperative
Published February 18 2011
Concepts: vaccine, vaccines, 5, disease, man

Dr Andrew Wakefield speaks on the structure of scientific revolutions: Vaccines, viruses and evolution
Published February 9 2011
Concepts: vaccine, vaccines, scientific, science, WHO

Guatemalan STD medical experiments were just one crime in a long history of medical-government collusion to use humans as guinea pigs
Published October 2 2010
Concepts: men, 5, news, experiments, NaturalNews


U.S. senate votes to maintain big pharma's monopoly by blocking competitive imports
Published May 22 2010
Concepts: drug, health, Senate, U.S. Senate, blocking

Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of research studies for Pfizer, Merck (opinion)
Published February 18 2010
Concepts: research, scientific, drug, medical, studies

Associated Press declares war on alternative medicine (opinion)
Published November 7 2009
Concepts: medicine, cure, harm, news, cures

India's Waterways A Toxic Stew of Pharmaceutical Chemicals Dumped from Big Pharma Factories
Published January 26 2009
Concepts: water, Big Pharma, chemicals, chemical, drug

Film Review: GenerationRx Documents Chemical Abuse of Children by Pharmaceutical Industry, Modern Psychiatry
Published November 26 2008
Concepts: film, children, industry, chemical, drug

Widespread Ghostwriting of Drug Trials Means "Scientific" Credibility of Pharmaceutical Industry is a Sham
Published April 21 2008
Concepts: drug, FDA, the FDA, harm, fraud

Big Pharma Money Spent on Marketing Exceeds Drug Development Costs
Published February 22 2008
Concepts: marketing, money, industry, pharmaceutical industry, 5

Arthritis drug researchers apologize for undisclosed pharmaceutical industry ties
Published November 8 2006
Concepts: researchers, drug, arthritis, industry, pharmaceutical industry

Stanford University bans gifts from drug sales reps
Published September 21 2006
Concepts: drug, sales, university, Stanford University, gifts

Drug industry paid for part of Medicare ads, lawmakers charge
Published August 29 2006
Concepts: drug industry, drug, medicare, lawmakers, pharmaceutical industry

PLoS Medicine and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Published August 1 2006
Concepts: PLoS Medicine, industry, drug, medical, drug advertising

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

Tufts University study shows more than half of psychiatric DSM-IV authors have financial links to Big Pharma
Published May 31 2006
Concepts: drug, links, financial, disorder, study

Experts say antidepressant drugs cause suicides instead of preventing them
Published April 10 2006
Concepts: Prozac, suicide, drug, drugs, antidepressants

Herceptin hype: Big Pharma's new "miracle cure" for breast cancer is inferior to free, natural cures
Published March 13 2006
Concepts: cancer, drug, breast cancer, Herceptin, industry

Bribery in medicine: How drug authorities, Big Pharma pushers and other medical racket operators forfeit ethics for power and profits
Published January 10 2006
Concepts: bribery, men, CIA, man, government

FDA accused of suppressing drug safety information (commentary)
Published October 14 2005
Concepts: drug, drugs, FDA, the FDA, people

Interview with Jamie Reidy, former Viagra sales rep and author of "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman"
Published October 5 2005
Concepts: drug, sales, viagra, book, people

The truth about medical journals, and how drug companies exert heavy influence over published scientific articles
Published October 3 2005
Concepts: medical, drug, medical journal, medical journals, companies

The FDA Exposed: An Interview With Dr. David Graham, the Vioxx Whistleblower
Published August 30 2005
Concepts: drug, FDA, the FDA, drugs, people

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: drug, advertising, drugs, prescription, companies

Interview with Dr. Ray Strand, author of Death by Prescription and Releasing Fat
Published July 20 2005
Concepts: drug, people, drugs, health, medication

Following deplorable attacks in London, pharmaceuticals are still more deadly than terrorists
Published July 7 2005
Concepts: news, prescription drugs, people, terrorism, drug

Physicians and bribery: a closer look at this common medical industry practice
Published July 7 2005
Concepts: doctor, doctors, drug, physicians, men

Statistics prove prescription drugs are 16,400% more deadly than terrorists
Published July 5 2005
Concepts: drug, drugs, prescription, prescription drugs, death

Big Tobacco and Big Pharma: same tactics, different chemicals
Published June 7 2005
Concepts: drug, people, harm, drugs, disease

Big Pharma: free market economics run amok
Published May 18 2005
Concepts: free, free market, free market economics, Big Business, drug

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

FDA censorship, suppression of its own scientists is routine, survey reveals
Published February 27 2005
Concepts: FDA, the FDA, drug, scientists, scientist

Healing with water: the work of "water cure" pioneer Dr. Batmanghelidj
Published January 6 2005
Concepts: water, body, disease, health, soft drinks

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

Drug company investors to experience accelerating losses as pharmaceutical company stock prices continue to fall
Published December 28 2004
Concepts: drug, people, investors, money, stock prices

Merck now under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for possibly misleading investors
Published December 27 2004
Concepts: Merck, Securities and Exchange Commission, heal, health, Vioxx

New research shows blueberries lower LDL cholesterol better than statin drugs
Published December 19 2004
Concepts: berries, cholesterol, blueberries, LDL cholesterol, research

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

Poor nutrition, junk foods lead directly to pharmaceutical industry profits
Published December 5 2004
Concepts: nutrition, junk foods, disease, industry, profit

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

Arthritis drug Bextra found to promote heart attacks and strokes
Published November 10 2004
Concepts: arthritis drug, Bextra, Pfizer, heart, heart attacks

Pharmacists oppose free trade with Canada, citing loss of U.S. jobs
Published November 9 2004
Concepts: pharmacists, Canada, drugs from Canada, free trade, free

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

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, drug, Merck, drugs, the FDA

The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies (satire)
Published October 28 2004
Concepts: companies, drug companies, pharmaceutical companies, drug, Big Pharma

Healing with water, not drugs: exclusive interview with Dr. Batmanghelidj, M.D.
Published October 11 2004
Concepts: water, pain, dehydration, healing, interview

Hypertension caused by chronic dehydration, says doctor; but pharmaceutical industry prescribes drugs that cause further water loss
Published October 11 2004
Concepts: water, pharmaceutical industry, chronic dehydration, hypertension, body

Chronic disease caused by lack of water, says doctor, but Big Pharma treats symptoms and kills 250,000 Americans each year
Published October 11 2004
Concepts: water, dehydration, disease, symptoms, chronic dehydration

Asthma is a false disease caused by chronic dehydration and body's drought management efforts, says doctor
Published October 11 2004
Concepts: asthma, chronic dehydration, water, drought, drought management

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

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

FDA Approves New Drug for Treatment of Brown's Grass Disease (satire)
Published September 26 2004
Concepts: disease, drug, treatment, FDA, the FDA

Pharmaceutical industry accused of crimes against humanity before the ICC in the Hague
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: people, industry, war, crimes against humanity, harm

An outspoken doctor calls the pharmaceutical industry a national fraud that promotes disease and prevents prevention
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: drug, harm, pharmaceutical industry, disease, drugs

New study shows that 94% of marketing claims made by pharmaceutical companies have no basis in fact
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: companies, pharmaceutical companies, drug, study, drugs

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

Antidepressant drugs found in drinking water; pharmaceuticals have now become environmental pollutants
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: water, drugs, drinking water, pharmaceuticals, drinking

Drug companies engage in massive health care fraud, but are never held accountable
Published August 19 2004
Concepts: drug, fraud, health, companies, health care

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

Pharmaceutical companies and the FDA continue to suppress negative information about antidepressant drugs and violent behavior
Published August 8 2004
Concepts: antidepressant drugs, FDA, the FDA, pharmaceutical companies, information

Bush Administration Censors Scientists In Order to Promote A Distorted, Politically Motivated Scientific View
Published August 7 2004
Concepts: Bush Administration, Bush, scientists, scientific, health

Popular Alzheimer's Drug Found to Be All But Worthless in Independent Study
Published August 7 2004
Concepts: drug, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's drug, prescription drugs, Alzheimer's disease

A Public Drug Registry Would Bring Honesty to Pharmaceutical Research, But the Idea Terrifies Drug Companies
Published August 7 2004
Concepts: drug, drug registry, drug companies, results, studies

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, mental, Bush, drug

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

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

Viagra Now Being Increasingly Used as a Recreational Drug By Younger Men: Is Pfizer Responsible?
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: Pfizer, drug, viagra, younger, pharmaceutical companies

Pharmaceutical Maker Bristol-Meyers Squibb Pays $150 Million Settlement to SEC to Settle Charges of Accounting Fraud
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: Bristol-Meyers Squibb, the SEC, drug, charges, drugs

New Antidepressant Drug Approved, But It's All About Profits, Not Helping Patients
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: drug, antidepressants, profits, pharmaceutical companies, antidepressant drug

Maker of Claritin Drug To Plead Guilty To Federal Criminal Anti-Kickback Charges, Pay Fine of $52 Million, Also Facing $282 Million In Civil Liabilities
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: drug, the FDA, charges, federal, guilty

Maryland joins list of states attempting to buy prescription drugs from Canada, but FDA-enforced drug monopoly blocks efforts
Published August 3 2004
Concepts: drugs from Canada, drug, drugs, prescription, drug monopoly

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

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

Pharmaceutical company admits to lying about the health risks of its drugs
Published July 26 2004
Concepts: the FDA, health, drug, pharmaceutical company, dangerous drugs

Boston joins growing list of U.S. cities saving millions each year by buying prescription drugs from Canada
Published July 25 2004
Concepts: Boston, drugs, prescription drugs, drugs from Canada, prescription

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: drug, drugs, prescription drugs, FDA, the FDA

Antidepressant drugs quadruple risk of suicides, research shows
Published July 22 2004
Concepts: drugs, risk, drug, antidepressant drugs, antidepressants

Today's pharmaceutical industry mirrors the hyping and marketing of radioactive products in the early 1900's
Published July 21 2004
Concepts: radioactive products, radioactive, pharmaceutical industry, drug, drugs

Medical myth remains: most people still believe that high-priced prescription drugs are necessary for innovation
Published July 21 2004
Concepts: prescription drugs, pharmaceutical companies, prescription, myth, medical

Florida Attorney General sues six pharmaceutical companies for price fixing and possibly defrauding Medicaid
Published July 21 2004
Concepts: companies, pharmaceutical companies, Florida, Medicaid, price fixing

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: drug, cholesterol, statin drug makers, WHO, members

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: drug, cholesterol, corruption, companies, WHO

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

Senators pressure federal regulators to create mandatory database of drug trials
Published July 12 2004
Concepts: drug, drug trials, prescription drugs, pharmaceutical industry, federal

Pharmaceutical advertising turns national newspapers into drug industry puppets
Published July 12 2004
Concepts: advertising, drugs, drug companies, newspapers, news

Health officials launch the great statin marketing con by announcing that tens of millions of people suddenly need lower cholesterol
Published July 12 2004
Concepts: drug, health, statin drugs, marketing, people

Massive medical fraud exposed: pharmaceutical company paid doctors to prescribe drugs and run sham clinical trials
Published July 9 2004
Concepts: drug, drugs, doctors, medical fraud, drug companies

Medical fraud alert: cholesterol lowering statin drugs save zero lives, says comprehensive research published in JAMA
Published July 6 2004
Concepts: statin drugs, statins, cholesterol, medical, research

Prices of prescription drugs outpace inflation by fifty percent
Published July 1 2004
Concepts: prices, drugs, prescription, drug companies, inflation

Mass media hypes up statins, calling them wonder drugs while ignoring their dangerous side effects
Published July 1 2004
Concepts: statins, mass media, drugs, dangerous, prescription drugs

Mass media promotes pharmaceutical industry hype; the general public chooses easy drugs over nutrition and exercise
Published June 4 2004
Concepts: drugs, industry, nutrition, media, mass media

American Diabetes Association promotes statin drugs to diabetic patients without a shred of proof that they help; the pharmaceutical industry gives millions each year to the ADA
Published June 3 2004
Concepts: diabetic, diabetes, drugs, pharmaceutical industry, patients

Green tea shown to kill cancer cells; pharmaceutical industry can't wait to exploit findings
Published May 19 2004
Concepts: green, tea, green tea, cancer, industry

Diabetic epidemic on the rise: cases of diabetes to more than double in the United States, pharmaceutical industry drools over potential profits
Published May 12 2004
Concepts: diabetes, diabetic, industry, epidemic, pharmaceutical industry

Canadians file class action lawsuit against antidepressant drug maker
Published December 11 2003
Concepts: drug, the FDA, action, lawsuit, class action lawsuit

Antidepressant drug causes liver failure, kills patients, but FDA refuses to issue ban
Published December 11 2003
Concepts: liver failure, drug, FDA, the FDA, Serzone

Aspirin and painkiller drugs cause widespread stomach ulcers
Published November 19 2003
Concepts: aspirin, NSAIDs, painkillers, painkiller drugs, stomach

Shutting down RX Depot is all about protecting drug profits, not consumers
Published November 7 2003
Concepts: drug, prescription drugs, profits, drugs from Canada, medical racket

U.S. government buys drugs from Canada, but won't let consumers do the same
Published November 7 2003
Concepts: drugs from Canada, drugs, government, U.S. government, consumers


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