Gilead Has Paid $178 Million to Doctors to Promote Drugs Despite Patient Deaths
Dilyana Gaytandzhieva American pharmaceutical giant Gilead has paid at least $178 million to doctors and $81 million to hospitals in the US to promote and prescribe the company’s drugs despite cases of deaths and severe side effects. The drug-maker funded as many as 21,833 physicians in 2019 alone, according to data about Gilead payments from […]
Who Owns Who?
Ah Kahn Syed Two completely unrelated stories crossed my path this week and I am going to join them for you. … The big red line is there to show that these are totally separate stories, agreed? On the left you have the sudden rush from Moderna to sue Pfizer for patent infringement over the mRNA technology […]
The Tragedy of Thalidomide in Canada
Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada Everything began with the first time thalidomide was put on the market, in 1956 in Western Germany by the pharmaceutical Chëmie Grünenthal. It was then marketed in several other countries, including the United Kingdom (1958), Japan (1958) and Norway (1959). The drug would have entered the Canadian market in late […]
Moderna Sues BioNTech/Pfizer?
Robert W. Malone Before I could even get one cup of coffee down the hatch this morning, I was hit with a barrage of emails, texts, and phone calls asking me for quotes concerning the press release issued by Moderna regarding their decision to sue BioNTech/Pfizer for patent infringement relating to the insanely profitable SARS-CoV-2 […]
COVID PCR Test Swabs Are As Dangerous As Inhaling Asbestos
The Exposé An experimental physicist and bio-materials researcher examined various PCR test swabs under a microscope and found that the fibres they contain are as dangerous for human beings as inhaling asbestos. Professor Antonietta Gatti examined various PCR test swabs and analysed their ingredients. The results showed that they are made of tough materials and […]
Experts Blame Feds for Pharma Corruption
Lauren Vogel There are many shades of pharma corruption, according to the World Health Organization, from exaggerating or hiding safety and effectiveness data to seeking shortcuts in regulation and bribingprescribers.… Corruption is “endemic” because it’s profitable, and companies that “refuse to play the game”lose their market share, he [Marc-André Gagnon] explained. “Don’t blame the companies,” […]
Your Prescription Drugs Are About to Become Less Safe if Health Canada Has Its Way
Joel Lexchin In a little-noticed announcement in October 2017, Health Canada signalled its intention to raise the fees that drug makers will have to pay when they want to get a new medication on the market. These user fees currently fund about 50 per cent of Health Canada’s operating budget for regulating prescription drugs. Health […]
The Declining Standards of FDA Drug Approvals
Maryanne Demasi The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a legal obligation to protect the public and ensure that the benefits of medicines outweigh the harms before being marketed to people. But the agency’s increasing reliance on pharmaceutical industry money has seen the FDA’s evidentiary standards for drug approvals significantly decline. … Industry fees […]
