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...

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...

Bad handwriting: It costs sales to the drug companies - Drug companies spend millions, and perhaps billions, of pounds and dollars on convincing doctors to prescribe their drugs. So nothing could be more ga...

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...

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.

The subtle charms of the drug companies: funding that buys complicity - Take a look behind most large patient groups or illness support groups and you ll find the benevolent hand of a drug company It may be funding the...

Author, Author: Drug companies keep the real researchers under wraps - Medical trials are a vital part of drug marketing. With a positive result, the manufacturer can press even harder to get the drug more widely prescri...