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The 5 Highest-Paying Dividend Stocks in Big Pharma
Alexandria :: VA :: USA | 3 days ago
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Any investor looking for the highest-paying dividend stocks would do well to start in Big Pharma, where many of the top picks offer yields in excess of 3% or 4%. Yet the highest-paying stocks aren't always the best dividend stocks for your portfolio,
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Dramatic growth in antipsychotic drug use even targets infants, experts say
Regina :: Canada | 5 days ago
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Dr. Dina Panagiotopoulos's investigations into some of the most potent psychiatric drugs on the market began when other doctors started calling for help. Could she see a child on an antipsychotic drug who had developed a potentially lethal condition
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How Much Do Drug Companies Spend on R&D, Anyway?
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 days ago
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Posted by Derek How much does Big Pharma spend on R&D, compared to what it takes in? This topic came up during a discussion here last week, when a recent article at The Atlantic referred to these expenditures as "only" 16 cents on the dollar, and I
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A Data Trove Now Guides Drug Company Pitches
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 days ago
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Now such shoulder-rubbing is becoming a quaint memory thanks to vast databases of patient and doctor information being used by pharmaceutical companies to market drugs. Laura Pedrick for The New York Times An app developed at Cegedim, one of the
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The Atlantic on Drug R&D
Luanda :: Angola | 9 days ago
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D Posted by Derek "Can you respond to this tripe?" asked one of the emails that sent along this article in The Atlantic . I responded that I was planning to, but that things were made more complicated by my being extensively quoted in said tripe...
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Psychiatry's New Diagnostic Manual: "Don't Buy It. Don't Use It. Don't Teach It."
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
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That's what psychiatrist Allen Frances, chair of the DSM-IV task force, has to say about DSM-5...AM PDT I happen to know this guy who knows a lot about mental health policy...So my ears perked up recently when my dad mentioned that the DSM-5, the
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The Consumer: Doctors' Lucrative Industry Ties
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | 12 days ago
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Peter's University Hospital, a 478-bed facility in New Brunswick, N.J., and to the medical technology company Smith & Nephew, his good word is worth a million bucks...That's how much the company paid Dr. Tria in fees for promoting its products and
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B.C. Liberals a favourite of big pharma
Vancouver :: Canada | 16 days ago
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Drug companies and pharmacies donated nearly $600,000 to the B.C. Liberals over the past eight years almost 14 times more than what was given to the NDP. The Sun analyzed political donations between 2005 and 2012 and, while the tally may not be
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Getting to the Right Relationship Between Doctors and Drug Companies by David A Shaywitz
London :: United Kingdom | 17 days ago
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Flickr The pharmaceutical industry is held in remarkably low esteem right now. It's seen as a bunch of nefarious pushers who pay off vulnerable doctors to prescribe their latest expensive, mediocre product. Physicians who work with pharma companies
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Our Patent System Incentivizes Drug Companies To Pay Doctors Kickbacks
Tōkyō :: Japan | 23 days ago
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Authorities said the Basel-based company for a decade lavished healthy speaking fees and "opulent" meals, including a nearly $10,000 dinner for three at the Japanese restaurant, Nobu, to induce doctors to prescribe its drugs. They said this led to
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