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<title>North Carolina to get $1.8M in Eli Lilly settlement</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191966439</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 22:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and 32 states settles allegations that the pharmaceutical giant used unfair and deceptive practices in  ...  and deceptive practices in marketing the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for &amp;ldquo;off-label uses,&amp;rdquo; or those not  ...  million over misleading claims about the painkiller Vioxx. That payment is part of a $58  ...
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<title>Eli Lilly to Pay 33 States $62 Million in Zyprexa Case Settlement</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191963576</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 22:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Zyprexa. Zyprexa is only approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and was  ...  represents the largest settlement paid by a drug company in a state consumer protection case,  ...  Merck paid to settle similar accusations about Vioxx, according to the states lawyers. The case  ...
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<title>Preventive medicine or overdiagnosis?</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191921116</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 17:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in millions of additional patients. No wonder pharmaceutical companies and medical centers see preventive medicine  ...  exist along a similar spectrum. Even without treatment, most cases of aortic aneurysm never result  ...  experiences with hormone replacement (breast cancer) and Vioxx (heart attacks) are potent reminders that our  ...
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<title>Ghostwriting Common Throughout Drug Industry</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191797056</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 02:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  about the mounting evidence that points to drug companies routinely hiding their influence over research  ...  studies stating ghostwriters wrote past reports about Vioxx and some reports minimized risk of death.  ...  medical education by running courses on new treatments. This entry was posted on Monday, October  ...
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<title>Free drug samples for children a safety risk: study</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191775462</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 00:37 GMT</pubDate>
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... Free drug samples for children a safety risk: study  ...  for abuse, but doctors, nurses, office staff, pharmaceutical representatives and occasionally even patients may have  ...  free samples in adults showed rofecoxib or Vioxx, which was pulled over cardiovascular concerns, was  ...
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<title>Residents turn in 700 pounds of medication</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191592765</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 01:05 GMT</pubDate>
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...  than 700 pounds of unneeded or expired medication Saturday as part of a countywide drop-off  ...  Sheboygan County 2010 committee on alcohol and drug abuse. &quot;Our committee really has looked at  ...  that have since been recalled, such as Vioxx. Officials say it is important to properly  ...
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<title>Keeping a sharp eye on Wall Street</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191583335</link>
<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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...  public vulnerable in other areas. Remember the Vioxx scandal? For a time, it was the world&apos;s No. 1 pain medication, reaching $2.5 billion in annual sales until  ...  to thousands of deaths. The Food and Drug Administration gave Vioxx a clean bill of  ...
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<title>Residents turn in 700 pounds of old, unneeded medication</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191549426</link>
<pubDate>5 Oct 2008 17:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  than 700 pounds of unneeded or expired medication Saturday as part of a countywide drop-off  ...  Sheboygan County 2010 committee on alcohol and drug abuse. Our committee really has looked at  ...  that have since been recalled, such as Vioxx. Officials say it is important to properly  ...
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<title>(Supreme) drug court</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191470620</link>
<pubDate>4 Oct 2008 21:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration it&apos;s perfectly safe and without product  ...  should type the words &quot;heparin recall&quot; or &quot;Vioxx recall&quot; or &quot;Zyprexia weight gain&quot; into a  ...  injuries by suing in state courts. The pharmaceutical industry says that such suits should be  ...
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<title>Florida sues Merck to recover money spent on Vioxx</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191291007</link>
<pubDate>3 Oct 2008 15:31 GMT</pubDate>
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