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Wed Aug 20

• Drug maker Merck's marketing project passed off as research, physicians say. Egregious example of marketing framed as science. Deplorable misrepresentat ion.: "The clinical trial known as ADVANTAGE was a "seeding trial," write the four authors ? all of whom have served as expert witnesses in court cases brought against Merck in connection with Vioxx. It was designed, they write, to speed and increase the rate at which doctors accepted and prescribed the new drug, to gather inspiring "patient stories" for future use by reporters and marketers, and to court the goodwill of front-line physicians with the promise of professional prestige, research funds and the chance to be among the first to try a vaunted new remedy for an age-old scourge...Dr. Hill and his co-authors go much further in their criticism: seeding trials, they contend, are dishonest, a corruption of science and unethical in that they do not reveal to study subjects, investigators or the editors or readers of the journals in which they are sometimes published their true objectives: to sell drugs."
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• RxAssist - RECKITT BENCKISER Patient Assistance Program: The RECKITT BENCKISER patient assistance program offers free medication to people who otherwise cannot afford their medications. Patients must meet financial and other program specific criteria to be eligible for assistance.
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Tue Aug 19

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• RxList - The Internet Drug Index for prescription drugs and medications
• FDA 483 Inspectional Observations - learn from these examples: Here's a small collection of 483s (FDA Form 483 Inspectional Observations). If you've never seen one before, here's your chance. Take advantage of these to learn and share, so that you can avoid getting your own 483s. You can view these on the FDA's website, in the FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) Electronic Reading Room. They display copies of ORA records. ORA makes these records publicly available either (1) proactively at their discretion or (2) because they are "frequent ly requested" ; per the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996. Some records may be redacted to remove non-public information. According to GMP Trends Inc., "an FDA 483 is a form . . .
• FDA Plans Sterner Warning for Diabetes Drug Byetta After 2 Deaths: Why anyone takes prescription medication is beyond me. So many negatives associated with them and death is very common.
• Hi-Tech Pharmaceutical s - Purported assassination, blackmail plots: This reads like a TV show. Sadly, it's all too real. You'll want to share this story during your GMP training and classroom teaching. The courtroom charges were conspiring to import and distribute adulterated, mislabeled and unapproved new drugs and to commit mail and wire fraud. Even more outrageous is a mention that the defendants allegedly conspired to murder a U.S. Food and Drug Administration agent and blackmail a former assistant U.S. attorney general. For the full story, read this MSNBC article, "From diet supplements to illegal Net pharmacy - Ga. firm, 3 execs plead guilty to selling generic prescription drugs online." . . .
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