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Drug companies corrupting physicians?updated: Tue Nov 30 2010 09:10:00

Should patients worry about the financial relationships between drug companies and the medical industry?

Drug lobbying group threatens to pull support from health care billupdated: Fri Jan 15 2010 21:48:00

The lead lobbying arm of the drug industry is threatening to pull its support for health care legislation if Democrats reduce protections for brand-name biologic drugs.

CNNMoney: Health care lobbying: Political power machineupdated: Sun Sep 13 2009 06:47:00

The fight over health care overhaul is on track to be the most expensive issue ever to hit the hallways of Congress.

CNNMoney: How they'll save $2 trillion on health careupdated: Tue Jun 09 2009 16:57:00

Advocating preventive care and streamlining administrative costs are among the steps being promised by the health care industry to help cut $2 trillion in health care expenses over the next decade.

CNNMoney: Don't wait around for new flu vaccineupdated: Thu Apr 30 2009 18:14:00

A day after the World Health Organization upgraded the swine flu to a "pandemic threat" level, the nation's pharmaceutical industry warned that a vaccine to protect against the virus could still be at least three to six months away.

FSB: Helping cancer patients - and making $45Mupdated: Mon Feb 12 2007 09:32:00

Every few months, it seems, another wistful suitor pays a visit to the Raleigh offices of Robin Smith, founder and president of Biologics. Sometimes it's a rival, hoping to buy her out. Sometimes i...

CNNMoney: Stanford bars doctors from taking giftsupdated: Tue Sep 12 2006 13:39:00

Stanford University Medical Center announced Tuesday it is joining a small group of academic medical centers in banning its physicians from accepting industry gifts of any size, including drug samples.

CNNMoney: 82 AIDS drugs in the makingupdated: Wed Nov 30 2005 14:37:00

Thursday is World AIDS Day, and scores of experimental drugs are in development to treat the deadly virus afflicting nearly 40 million people worldwide, an industry group said Wednesday.

Fortune: THE GREAT CANADIAN DRUG NOVEL updated: Mon Nov 14 2005 00:01:00

HOW'S THIS FOR AN IDEA? TO discourage Americans from buying inexpensive drugs from Canada, maybe the drug industry should raise the specter of terrorists killing U.S. citizens with poison pills fro...

CNNMoney: Canadian drug scare that never wasupdated: Tue Nov 01 2005 10:58:00

How's this for an idea? To discourage Americans from buying inexpensive drugs from Canada, the drug industry should raise the specter of terrorists killing U.S. citizens with poison pills from north of the border.

CNNMoney: 'Ask your doctor' ads in FDA crosshairsupdated: Mon Oct 31 2005 12:22:00

Drug makers have come under fire for "ask your doctor" style advertising and have vowed to change their ways, but research data shows they are spending more on direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising in 2005 than they did last year.

Companies pledge more transparency in drug trialsupdated: Sun Jan 09 2005 21:32:00

Facing growing scrutiny over the safety of their products, the leading global drug companies last week pledged to disclose more information about their clinical trials. Adoption of this new policy, however, is completely voluntary and does not require any disclosure of exploratory trials.

Money Magazine: WHERE AMERICA NEEDS TO INVEST NINE OPINION LEADERS GIVE US THEIR VIEWS.updated: Wed Oct 01 1997 00:01:00

We spend most of our time at this magazine helping you invest your savings wisely. But the growth of your wealth, along with that of Wall Street and Main Street, will also depend on investments we ...

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