PharmedOut
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PharmedOut is a project at Georgetown that advances evidence-based prescribing and educates about pharmaceutical and medical device marketing practices.
Georgetown University Med Ctr
Joined May 2011
Call for manuscripts on deprescribing: Michael Oldani and Adriane Fugh-Berman co-edit special issue for AMA Journal of Ethics https://t.co/w0DdF94j55
journalofethics.ama-assn.org
Pharmaceuticalization in health care expresses 4 clinically and ethically troubling trends:
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For-profit IRBs approve unethical trials, and put patients' lives at risk
nytimes.com
Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety.
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The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) investigators eviscerate attacks made on the WHI's by Marty Makary's panel on menopausal hormone therapy at the FDA https://t.co/bcBcFCFeCD
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"Long story short: after-the-fact warning letters won't do much to move the needle." Read the #OpEd from Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, and Judy Butler, MS on drug advertising at:
medpagetoday.com
There are better ways to curb rising prescription rates and drug use
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"They know your age, your sex, your medications, your hospitalizations, your illnesses, and the zip code where you live..." Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman told @StraightArrow__ on pharmaceutical companies and consumer's health care data. https://t.co/OoOD9isjfl
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Opinion | Fugh-Berman and Butler in MedPage Today: ”curbing DTC drug advertising is unlikely to achieve the goal of curbing excessive prescriptions or rising drug spending.. regulatory actions should focus on banning disease awareness campaigns.”
medpagetoday.com
There are better ways to curb rising prescription rates and drug use
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Judy Butler and A Fugh-Berman oppose proposed menopause laws: "By reflecting industry positions, media coverage not only conveys the message that there is widespread support for menopause laws, it also legitimizes the need for these laws."
nj.com
Lawmakers must rely only on non-conflicted sources of information about healthcare and consider the implications of laws implemented without respect to evidence.
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Lydia Greene's moving account of how she became a whistleblower: Confessions of an Advertising Writer: What I Learned From Your Stories—And Mine - Mad In America
madinamerica.com
Apologies won’t undo the harm. What I’ve learned might. The current system will not change unless we organize.
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In fact, pharma marketing provides inaccurate information: https://t.co/3ntU7xZKXl, samples are bad: https://t.co/Hqqgh32TVn, and even small gifts affect prescribing:
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Most physicians still believe that pharmaceutical marketing provides useful information, free drug samples are good for patients, and gifts under $50 are OK to receive https://t.co/BlbNKbZ01j
jamanetwork.com
This survey study reports the responses of medical students and residents about their interactions with and attitudes toward the pharmaceutical industry and changes over 13 years, from 2011 to 2024.
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Bernisson and Sismondo: How big is the medical writing industry? Why it matters > 1000 medical education and communication companies (MECCS) provide medical writing services, mostly sponsored by pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies
academic.oup.com
Abstract. Medical writing is a key element in pharmaceutical companies’ efforts to shape the relevant medical science literature. As part of what is called
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Listen to Paul Offit's sane take on vaccines on our Pharmanipulation podcast
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Pharmanipulation · Episode
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Paul Offit ousted from FDA vaccines advisory committee after multiple criticisms of HHS secretary: "RFK Jr. is laser-focused on making vaccines less available, less affordable, and more feared" https://t.co/vkyv8cq2Wl
washingtonpost.com
Paul Offit, a pediatrician and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, can no longer participate in the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.
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"Stop regarding menopause as a disease", PharmedOut's Tony Scialli tells Healio. link:
healio.com
There are misconceptions surrounding menopause but, first, primary care providers can help patients by not treating it as a disease, according to an expert. Anthony R. Scialli, MD, gave a presentat...
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Apollonio's article used documents unearthed in litigation from the fabulous UCSF Industry Documents Library, a great resource for researchers, media and students.
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Janssen and Eli Lilly successfully marketed antipsychotics Risperdal and Zyprexa to prisons and jails, a 2022 article by Dorie Apollonio finds.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This retrospective qualitative review describes the marketing of antipsychotics by pharmaceutical companies to prisons and jails to increase prescribing. This review relied on internal pharmaceutical...
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Hormone testing for menopausal symptoms is not useful: https://t.co/yi07rjk7nX
bmj.com
Symptoms should be prioritised ahead of testing A societal transformation of attitudes and beliefs surrounding menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) has outpaced provider education, leaving primary care...
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Our 2014 article on the unfair, industry-influenced retraction of an article linking RoundUp to cancer... https://t.co/lGT0tVonrR
thehastingscenter.org
Scientific journal publishing reached a low point in November, when the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology retracted a study by
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Corporate ghostwriting helps corporate influence: how Monsanto's ghostwritten articles affected public understanding of RoundUp's cancer risks in Wikipedia articles and policy documents: https://t.co/3BwKx1foYr
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