The problem of testing the effectiveness of bird flu vaccines
Standardizing a guess.Posted on June 23, 2008 7:39 AM • 9 Comments •
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Big Pharma:
Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline to its scientists: fuck off
Who needs research and development in the drug industry? Not Big Pharma, that's for sure.Posted on June 17, 2008 7:39 AM • 12 Comments •
Opening up vaccine policy and research
Letting other voices be heard.Posted on April 15, 2008 3:38 PM • 9 Comments •
Indonesia, bird flu viruses and the moral high ground
The US gander gets some of the sauce it serves up for the Indonesian goose.Posted on April 15, 2008 7:04 AM • 26 Comments •
A patch for flu vaccine production
Frenzied activity on the flu vaccine frontPosted on March 21, 2008 6:41 AM • 11 Comments •
Aspirin, ibuprofen and stroke
Wherein I learn a well-kept secret.Posted on March 17, 2008 3:16 PM • 8 Comments •
FDA speaks up a little more often
Warning: FDA is warning us.Posted on February 27, 2008 3:55 PM • 5 Comments •
Warning: contains FDA approved drug
Baxter's bad blood thinner.Posted on February 20, 2008 4:13 PM • 13 Comments •
Idle griping about press releases supposed to look like "news"
Inaccurate news about a TB test's accuracy.Posted on February 16, 2008 7:46 AM • 3 Comments •
Peer review nightmare, as in "Oh, my God!"
Don't do this. Ever.Posted on January 31, 2008 3:55 PM • 23 Comments •
WHO releases information on viral sharing and disposition
Share but not share alike.Posted on January 22, 2008 4:09 AM • 2 Comments •
Big Pharma's blind profits compromise
Genentech's grudging arrangement allows elders to get treatment preventing blindness.Posted on December 24, 2007 7:19 AM • 7 Comments •
More nuttiness from Indonesia on bird flu
Stupid is as stupid does.Posted on December 5, 2007 7:34 AM • 21 Comments •
More drugs down the drain
Sewage full of drugs. Really full of drugs.Posted on December 4, 2007 4:36 PM • 4 Comments •
Indon's Supari says "no". Is this the bottom line for Geneva?
Does "no" mean failure?Posted on November 26, 2007 7:54 AM • 13 Comments •
Flu virus sharing summit: wrap up
What was and wasn't accomplished at a critical meeting in Geneva.Posted on November 24, 2007 5:25 PM • 9 Comments •
(Final) Day 4 of flu virus sharing summit: meeting ends in qualified success
Interim agreement on virus sharing fashioned at important summit in Geneva.Posted on November 24, 2007 7:16 AM • 6 Comments •
The virus sharing puzzle
If a rogue H5N1 virus easiy tansmissible between people is to develop, the most plausible spot for it to happen is Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous with a vast reservoir of infected poultry (and who knows what else) and...Posted on November 20, 2007 7:23 AM • 20 Comments •
Once was blind, but now I see (profits), the sequel
Greed. Genentech's blind spot.Posted on November 16, 2007 7:19 AM • 11 Comments •
Pandemic flu vaccine capacity: enough? too much? just right?
Not enough vaccine but much goes unused. What to do?Posted on October 25, 2007 7:18 AM • 4 Comments •
Can you hear me now?
Viagra can cause hearing loss. What?Posted on October 20, 2007 7:35 AM • 11 Comments •
Locating blame for adverse drug reactions
It's not the drug's fault it killed you. It's yours.Posted on October 1, 2007 7:49 AM • 4 Comments •
You must remember this
Kiss is just a . . . what is it again?Posted on September 7, 2007 4:11 PM • 17 Comments •
New public health advocate won't leave a dry eye in the House
A new wrinkle in public health lobbying.Posted on August 27, 2007 3:34 PM • 0 Comments •
Sexually perverted pharmaceutical company executives out to destroy the world
Crazy for the ConservativesPosted on July 27, 2007 3:33 PM • 4 Comments •
Tamiflu resistance again
It's not just pills, even when they work.Posted on June 24, 2007 3:46 PM • 19 Comments •
Promptness is not a virtue at the FDA
The FDA will get back to you. But don't hold your breath.Posted on June 22, 2007 3:24 PM • 5 Comments •
New drugs for flu. But what about some old ones?
New antivirals and old non-antivirals.Posted on June 21, 2007 7:00 AM • 15 Comments •
Thailand's drug problem: the US State Department
Poor Thais die for an important principle. Important to Big Pharma, anyway.Posted on May 23, 2007 3:51 PM • 30 Comments •
The free market in Tamiflu
There's supply and demand and then there's need.Posted on April 27, 2007 7:52 AM • 7 Comments •
Tamiflu and the rare reaction
The dilemma of the rare reaction.Posted on March 30, 2007 6:47 AM • 25 Comments •
Quackery at GSK?
GSK admits to false claims in New Zealand.Posted on March 29, 2007 4:01 PM • 12 Comments •
Solving the vaccine affordability problem
A suggestion for reforming the vaccine system. We don't think it will work but we're glad it's being talked about.Posted on March 12, 2007 7:59 AM • 5 Comments •
FDA Commissioner assumes the Missionary Position
Protecting cigarettes and brand name drugs.Posted on March 7, 2007 4:47 PM • 5 Comments •
A vaccine that (might be) better than nothing
FDA to approve a bird flu vaccine that is "better than nothing." Maybe.Posted on March 5, 2007 7:39 AM • 8 Comments •
More on the Indonesian vaccine affair
Indonesia sells "its" virus.Posted on February 8, 2007 7:48 AM • 30 Comments •
Whitewashing with the flu
The American Chemistry Council tries to capitalize on flu.Posted on January 29, 2007 7:21 AM • 21 Comments •
Because a great country deserves great (big) dogs
A drug for obese dogs.Posted on January 8, 2007 5:55 PM • 29 Comments •
Blind profit and blind people
Avastin versus Lucentis, two drugs made by the same company used for the same disease. One is 100 times more expensive. Guess which one the company supports.Posted on October 4, 2006 7:11 AM • 4 Comments •
Will the boss have your Tamiflu?
Roche is marketing its drug to companies at full price. Does your government have theirs yet?Posted on July 24, 2006 8:02 AM • 8 Comments •
H5N1 sequence release: patent absurdity
Are H5N1 sequences "property"? Should they be?Posted on July 17, 2006 7:20 AM • 21 Comments •
One hundreds years and some solitude at the FDA
What's an FDA Centennial without Henry Waxman?Posted on July 3, 2006 7:23 AM • 1 Comments •
Was blind, but now I see (profits)
Drug biggie Genentech obstructs cheap treatment for blindness in the elderly. So what else is new?Posted on July 2, 2006 7:30 AM • 20 Comments •
