Your Prescription: Nobody knows, except the regulator, a large corporation, and drug companies - You might reasonably assume that the treatment that your doctor prescribes for you in his surgery is as private as the confessional. But, of course,...

WHO Does What? Health organization takes illicit donations from drug companies, report claims - The World Health Organization (WHO) – supposedly an independent voice of global health - is accepting illicit payments from drug companies, a new repo...

Keeping Mum: Drug companies claim secrecy even when laws force them to reveal bribes - Everybody knows that drug companies pay doctors – or ‘encourage’ them through gifts and inducements – to prescribe their drugs.

Losing Weight: The pills don’t work, but still the drug companies push them - Can you lose weight just by popping a slimming pill? Needless to say, the drug companies think so, and they’re in the process of making the best-sell...

Drug companies: mea culpa - Drug manufacturer Glaxo is in trouble with the US Food and Drug Administration over its advertising of Zantac (ranitidine), a treatment for peptic ulc...

Toys Home, Part Two: Drug companies boycott conference following speech - That’s not the only ‘we’ll take our toys home’ tantrum from the drug companies reported this week. A young medical researcher almost stopped the show...

Doctor Training: Drug companies invest in their salesforce - Ever wondered why doctors usually reach for the prescription pad, rather than thinking of other – and less toxic – alternatives?

Older Women: You probably have osteopenia, say drug companies - We’ve all heard of osteoporosis, the bone disease that can lead to fractures in older age. But how many of you have heard of osteopenia? Osteopenia...