Medical economics
How will rural Americans fare during Medicaid unwinding? Experts fear they're on their own
Abby Madore covers a lot of ground each day at work.
Sep 25, 2023
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News tagged with sales representatives
Medications
Opioid marketing to Canadian doctors hyped benefits, downplayed harms
Between January 2016 and June 2019 there were over 13,900 deaths from opioid overdoses in Canada, 4,500 of which occurred in 2018. Based on information to date, 2019 is likely to have a similar mortality rate. Most deaths ...
Mar 10, 2020
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Medications
Oxy sales in China driven by misleading addiction claims
Thousands of lawsuits across the United States have accused a drug company owned by the billionaire Sackler family of using false claims to push highly addictive opioids on an unsuspecting nation, fueling the deadliest drug ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Medications
Drug company used rap video to push for higher doses, sales
Employees at a drug company accused of bribing doctors rapped and danced around a person dressed as a bottle of the highly addictive fentanyl spray in a video meant to motivate sales reps into getting patients on higher doses.
Feb 15, 2019
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Medications
How Big Pharma deceives you about drug safety
The recent decision of a Saskatchewan judge to reject the proposed settlement between the provinces and Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, should raise serious questions.
Apr 13, 2018
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Health
Medical and drug device companies target nurses to influence hospital purchasing decisions
Hospital based nurses have high levels of contact with pharmaceutical and medical device industry sales personnel but have little corporate or professional guidance about managing purchasing decisions in the context of these ...
Apr 4, 2016
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Medications
Pfizer to pay $35M to settle drug marketing case
Pfizer will pay $35 million to resolve allegations by 42 states that its subsidiary, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, illegally marketed an organ transplant drug for unapproved uses.
Aug 6, 2014
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Health
Interaction of nurses, pharmacists, and other non-physician clinicians within pharmaceutical industry is common
Scrutiny of physician relationships with industry has culminated in passage of the US Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act), intended to bring greater transparency to such relationships. However, ...
Nov 26, 2013
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Medications
Pfizer to pay $491M to resolve drug marketing case (Update)
The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that drugmaker Pfizer Inc. will pay almost $491 million to resolve an investigation into illegal marketing of the organ transplant drug Rapamune by a company Pfizer later acquired.
Jul 30, 2013
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Medications
Doctors not informed of harmful effects of medicines during sales visits
The majority of family doctors receive little or no information about harmful effects of medicines when visited by drug company representatives, according to an international study involving Canadian, U.S. and French physicians.
Apr 10, 2013
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