You’ve got to hand it to Sanofi-Aventis.
At the same time as the Vioxx case before the Federal Court is producing an alarming string of stories about the hazards of overly close ties between doctors and pharma (as an example, see this story in the Oz and this one in The Age), Sanofi-Aventis has enticed a [...]
April 20, 2009 – 12:21 pm
Last April, journalist Ray Moynihan wrote this Crikey article revealing that public hospital “guidelines”, recommending widespread use of a group of drugs to stop serious blood clots, had been funded by Sanofi-Aventis, the company that makes one of these drugs.
Moynihan subsequently also reported that an international PR firm Fleishman-Hillard, was involved in a high-profile campaign, [...]
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Also posted in Hospitals, Journal articles, Media-related issues, adverse events, conflicts of interest, evidence-based issues, health & medical marketing, quality and safety of health care
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Tagged blood clots, conflicts of interest, Fleishman-Hillard, public relations, Sanofi-Aventis
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Justine Caines, Secretary of Homebirth Australia, has sent in the
following critique of recent media coverage about the dangers of homebirth:
“Feminism is a dirty word, especially if you are a pro-establishment
columnist. Last week many media reports questioned the safety of homebirth.
Doctors were outraged at the death of 4 babies, without revealing any case
facts. Many have regarded [...]
Brett Forge, a physician and cardiologist from Warragul in Victoria, has sent in the
following comments regarding his inclusion on the Crikey Register of Influence:
Dear Crikey
Many thanks for the dubious honour of being included on your register of influence.
It is an inadequate way of investigating medical corruption but it may at least start a discussion on [...]
By Croakey
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Also posted in Crikey register of influence, conflicts of interest, evidence-based issues, health & medical marketing, health and medical research, private health insurance, quality and safety of health care, surgery
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Tagged absolute risk, bypass surgery, cardiology, cholesterol, conflicts of interest, hypertension, medical education, pharmaceutical industry, stenting
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January 14, 2009 – 4:50 pm
In December, I wrote this story for Crikey about the practice of ghostwriting – whereby undisclosed parties, typically drug companies, are involved in writing and orchestrating medical journal articles. Croakey contributors subsquently noted some of the evidence suggesting this practice is worryingly widespread.
Now Dr Chris Jordens, from the University of Sydney’s Centre for Values, Ethics [...]
December 18, 2008 – 12:24 pm
It’s extremely likely that a number of Australian medicos suffered some uncomfortable “there but for the grace of God go I” moments this week.
The immediate cause of their discomfort was the New York Times revelation that Wyeth had paid ghostwriters to produce medical journal articles favourable to its hormone replacement therapy product. Dozens of pages [...]
December 15, 2008 – 12:32 pm
Paul Smith, the political editor of Australian Doctor magazine, has been investigating the Australian Crime Commission’s operations in NT Indigenous communities:
Last month the Australian Crime Commission – usually tagged by journalists as the nation’s most powerful crime fighting body – fell foul of the law for the second time in the space of eight weeks. [...]
