


Guidelines governing Canadian doctors' relationships with pharma companies under review
The Conversation,
More than 90 per cent of Canadian physicians see pharmaceutical sales representatives, the men and women paid by drug companies…

Sunshine Act Brings Some Transparency but Little Change
MedPage Today,
Public Health & Policy > Ethics Industry largesse to physicians unaffected; strong link between payments and choice of ICDs by…
Cancer, spine doc leaders among top recipients of drug, device industry funds, study finds
Healthcare Dive,
Dive Brief: Leaders of 10 influential medical associations in the U.S. have extensive financial ties to pharmaceutical and…

The Marketing of Stimulants for Children With A.D.H.D.
New York Times,
Doctors must balance patients’ needs, parents’ concerns, pressure from pharmaceutical representatives and challenges from…

New Analysis Expands on Link Between Pharma Payments, Prescribing
Medscape,
Doctors who receive money from drugmakers related to a specific drug prescribe that drug more heavily than doctors without such…

New Analysis Expands on Link Between Pharma Payments, Prescribing
Medscape,
Doctors who receive money from drugmakers related to a specific drug prescribe that drug more heavily than doctors without such…

We found proof that doctors prescribe more of a drug if they’re getting paid by a pharma company tied to it
Alternet,
by Hannah Fresques ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.
Dinheiro das farmacêuticas influencia o que médicos prescrevem aos pacientes, diz estudo
SoFatos,
COMPARTILHE Uma nova reportagem da ProPublica confirma o que muita gente já suspeitou sobre a influência de grandes empresas…

Doctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money from a Pharma Company Tied to It
Health Leaders Media,
Drug companies have paid doctors billions of dollars for consulting, promotional talks, meals and more.

News story from Gizmodo Australia on Sunday 22 December 2019
Gizmodo Australia,

Doctors prescribe more of a drug if they receive money from a Pharma company tied to it
The Raw Story,
Doctors who receive money from drugmakers related to a specific drug prescribe that drug more heavily than doctors without such…

Doctors prescribe more of a drug if they receive money from a pharma company tied to it
Salon,
Doctors who receive money from drugmakers related to a specific drug prescribe that drug more heavily than doctors without such…

News story from Gizmodo on Friday 20 December 2019
Gizmodo,

More Than Half of Doctors Get Industry Payments/Meals: Poll
Medscape,
More than half of physicians (57%) who responded to a recent Medscape poll said they accepted meals or payments from a drug or…

Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
MedicalXpress,
Doctors’ prescribing habits are influenced by drug reps and other industry marketing.
Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
EconoTimes,
While there’s much to celebrate in medicine, it’s now beyond doubt that we have too much of it.

News story from Big News Network on Tuesday 03 December 2019
Big News Network,

MIL-Evening Report: Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
Foreign Affairs New Zealand,
Post sponsored by NewzEngine.com Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Moynihan, Assistant Professor, Bond University…

Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
The Conversation,
While there’s much to celebrate in medicine, it’s now beyond doubt that we have too much of it.

Report: More than half of all US doctors get money from pharma each year
Arstechnica,
drug money The payouts aren't changing despite newer disclosure requirements. Drug makers and medical device makers are still…

'Manipulating physicians': How drug reps pitch your doc
Medical Health News,
This is the second story in a four-part series about the pharmaceutical industry and the hold it has on Canada’s health-care…

‘Manipulating physicians’: How drug reps pitch your doc
MSN,
This is the second story in a four-part series about the pharmaceutical industry and the hold it has on Canada’s health-care…

‘Manipulating physicians’: How drug reps pitch your doc
Global News,
This is the second story in a four-part series about the pharmaceutical industry and the hold it has on Canada’s health-care…

Climate change is the one area of science Republicans tend to doubt
Grist,
Get your daily dose of good news from Grist Subscribe to The Beacon This story was originally published by Wired and is…

Americans Trust Scientists—But Not the Process of Science
Wired.com,
Nothing’s more American than a science-hero—an indomitable, big-brained hasher-out of ideas that change the world, that make…

Health Canada committees swimming in conflicts of interest | Opinion
MSN,
Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily…

Health Canada committees swimming in financial conflicts of interest
New Delhi News,
Health Canada supplements its in-house expertise on prescription drug therapy and policy through the use of scientific advisory…

News story from Big News Network on Monday 20 May 2019
Big News Network,

Health Canada committees swimming in financial conflicts of interest
The Conversation,
Health Canada supplements its in-house expertise on prescription drug therapy and policy through the use of scientific advisory…

Policing Big Pharma's Influence Over Doctors' Treatment Guidelines
Medical Health News,
D r. Samir Grover was taken aback when, early in his gastroenterology career, he saw one physician speak two times and present…

Así influyen las farmacéuticas sobre los médicos
Paperblog,
La aplastante realidad es que las farmacéuticas invierten tanto dinero en los médicos porque saben perfectamente que van a…

News story from Stat News on Tuesday 14 August 2018
Stat News,

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
KUOW,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
KTEP El Paso,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Rhode Island Public Radio RI-NPR,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
WBUR,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
Delmarva Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
WRKF,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
Interlochen Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Kansas Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
WUKY,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Wyoming Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
WVXU,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
Georgia Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
WXPR,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
WVTF,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
WUWM,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
Northern Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Tri States Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
The University of New Orleans Public Radio ,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
WUNC,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
New England Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
WLRN,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
WJCT,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
WKAR,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
WVPE,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
WYPR,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
North East Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
New Hampshire Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
KRWG TV/FM,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Northeastern Indiana Public Radio ,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
KUNM,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Jazz WCLK,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
SDPB Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
Radio Acadie,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
WCBE ,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
KPBS,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Omaha Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Kansas City University Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Arizona Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
Boise State Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
NPR,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Iowa Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Central Coast Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
Witchita's Public Radio,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
A Koahnic Broadcast Station,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Medicaid Under The Influence: How Drugmakers Sway Medication Options For Patients
KERA News,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers
KOSU,
Eight months pregnant, the drug sales representative wore a wire for the FBI around her bulging belly as she recorded…

What’s Big Pharma Buying When It Gives Money to Your Doctor? (in Opinion)
The Tyee,
Members of Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC), the lobby group for the large pharmaceutical companies, recently released their…

What Big Pharma pays your doctor
The Hamilton Spectator,
Novartis spent $350,000 on travel expenses so that doctors and possibly other professionals could go to international…

What Big Pharma pays your doctor
MedicalXpress,
Members of Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC), the lobby group for the large pharmaceutical companies, to health-care…

What Big Pharma pays your doctor
The Conversation,
Members of Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC), the lobby group for the large pharmaceutical companies, recently released their…

Inside Silicon Valley’s Playbook for Wooing School Superintendents
New York Times,
Photo BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — They call it the “Church Lane Hug.” That is how educators at Church Lane Elementary Technology, a…

Inside Silicon Valley’s Playbook for Wooing School Superintendents
New York Times,
Photo BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — They call it the “Church Lane Hug.” That is how educators at Church Lane Elementary Technology, a…

News story from Stat News on Wednesday 01 November 2017
Stat News,

News story from Stat News on Wednesday 01 November 2017
Stat News,

News story from Stat News on Wednesday 01 November 2017
Stat News,

News story from Stat News on Monday 30 October 2017
Stat News,

News story from Stat News on Monday 30 October 2017
Stat News,

News story from Stat News on Monday 30 October 2017
Stat News,

Why opioids are such an American problem
BBC News,
Image copyright Getty Images When it comes to taking opioids, the United States has the dubious honour of leading the world.

Why opioids are such an American problem
BBC News,
Image copyright Getty Images When it comes to taking opioids, the United States are world-beaters.

Big pharma's cash splash on nurses, dietitians for services
ABC.net.au,
Updated October 24, 2017 07:23:06 Nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and other allied health workers are getting millions of…

Drug companies would be forced to reveal payments to doctors under new Ontario legislation
Leader Post,
The Ontario government plans to unveil legislation Wednesday that would force drug companies and other businesses to publicly…

Drug companies would be forced to reveal payments to doctors under new Ontario legislation
The Star Phoenix,
The Ontario government plans to unveil legislation Wednesday that would force drug companies and other businesses to publicly…

Drug companies would be forced to reveal payments to doctors under new Ontario legislation
Montreal Gazette,
The Ontario government plans to unveil legislation Wednesday that would force drug companies and other businesses to publicly…

Silicon Valley courts brand-name teachers, raising ethics issues
Business Standard,
Corporate courtship of these teachers brings with it profound new conflict-of-interest issues One of the tech-savviest teachers…

Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues
New York Times,
Photo MAPLETON, N.D. — One of the tech-savviest teachers in the United States teaches third grade here at Mapleton Elementary…
