A provision to empower FDA to yank consumer drug ads was stripped from the final version of an FDA bill, which was passed yesterday.But of course, they were really just protecting their profits all along.
But it wasn’t Big Pharma that carried the day on the revision; it was the Gucci-loafered lobbyists for media and advertising firms.
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Some in the advertising industry were concerned that giving FDA broad powers to block ads would lead to other government ad restrictions. “People just looked and they were incredulous,” says Harry Sweeney, chairman of Dorland Global Corp., a health marketing and communications firm that is a unit of Huntsworth PLC. “You’re getting into a very slippery-slope area.”
Documenting Psychiatrists Behaving Badly
Of all professions, psychiatrists seem to get into the most trouble. I have been collecting stories about psychiatric screwups for a while. Sadly, it has been disgustingly easy to do. We post stories with links to the original sources. We couldn't make this stuff up if we wanted to. My Name is Sickmind Fraud.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Advertising Allies Turn Tide for Pharma
As seen in the WSJ Health Blog
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